EAW024300 ENGLAND (1949). Southwold Common, Southwold, 1949
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| Title | [EAW024300] Southwold Common, Southwold, 1949 |
| Reference | EAW024300 |
| Date | 4-July-1949 |
| Link | |
| Place name | SOUTHWOLD |
| Parish | SOUTHWOLD |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 650402, 276014 |
| Longitude / Latitude | 1.6751106352779, 52.324594911592 |
| National Grid Reference | TM504760 |
Pins
 Now site of Gun Hill cafe |
SteveCBR |
Friday 8th of September 2023 02:50:57 PM |
| Gun Hill |
SteveCBR |
Friday 8th of September 2023 02:50:30 PM |
| This property is built on the site of a 2ndWW Emergency Coast Artillery Battery, and its associated Battery Observation Post. |
redmist |
Thursday 1st of October 2020 08:46:40 PM |
| This marker possibly indicates a gun pit, one of four, associated with the 2ndWW HAA Gun Battery 'in the Diver Strip at Southwold. It was armed with four 3.7-inch Mark IIc guns equipped with Predictor BTL, and Radar AA No.3 Mark V when it was deployed here on 24th November 1944, and was manned by 401 Battery of 122 Anti Aircraft Artillery Regiment. It formed part of 40 Heavy Anti Aircraft Brigade deployment' (Defence of Britain Project) The bases of some of the accommodation/admin buildings can be seen alongside the road opposite to the water tower. |
redmist |
Thursday 18th of April 2019 09:34:56 PM |
| southwold railway (dis) |
sirdouglas |
Tuesday 27th of September 2016 07:43:42 PM |
This railway opened in 1879, and was a 3ft gauge line. It connected with the standard gauge main line at Halesworth. It lost passengers to buses after WW1, and was closed in 1929. |
John W |
Monday 6th of March 2017 05:23:20 PM |
| CASL (coastal artillery searchlight) from ww2 |
David Emery |
Sunday 31st of August 2014 07:55:28 PM |