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Burntwick Island Battery, also possibly known as South Boom Battery. Two 12 pounder quick firing guns as part of defences approved by the Admiralty in 1894. There were also machine gun positions to both flanks, the northern two are still evident on Google Earth.
See: http://www.kenthistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=2111.0
See also: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.42204,0.6858424,299m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en
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