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Location of a 2ndWW HAA Gun Battery, possibly some of the fairground rides are built on the circular foundations of the gun pits?
The Defence of Britain Project records " Site of a Second World War heavy anti aircraft (Diver) battery in the Diver Fringe near Withernsea Pier. It was armed with four 3. 7-inch Mark IIc guns equipped with Predictor AA No. 10 Mark 1, and Radar AA No. 3 Mark V when it was deployed here on 19th November 1944. Manning details are unknown. It formed part of the Humber Section 65 Heavy Anti Aircraft Brigade deployment." '