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Coast artillery battery.
(Source: Report 1992/07)
Coastal battery. Remains are in poor condition. BOP partially demolished. CASLs gone. Some WW1 battery remains are visible (2 guntowers). [information from 1991 aerial photographs].
(Source: Report 2000/05)
Official Name | Sunk Island Battery |
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Type of site | COAST BATTERY |
Location | On the coast of the River Humber estuary at Sunk Island. |
Area |
Sunk Island, Yorkshire, East Riding of, England |
Grid reference |
TA 2496 1756
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Bad |
Materials | Unknown |
Recorder | Holderness Pilot Study (Fortress Study Group) |
Defence grouping |
East Riding of Yorkshire coast defences - Coastal crust defences |
DOB site reference: | S0013161 |
Reference |
1992/07 Final Report on the Holderness Pilot Study, Undertaken by the Fortress Study Group Database Group (FSGDG) between the 9th and 12th April 1992 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, In the period 1992/04/09 1992/04/12 |