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Coastal battery. Buildings and gun emplacements remain., but part of the seaward-side wall collapsed c.1996 [information from 1946 aerial photographs].
(Source: Report 2000/05)
Official Name | Old Saluting Battery |
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Type of site | COAST BATTERY |
Location | Portsmouth Point. |
Area |
Portsmouth, Portsmouth, England |
Grid reference |
SZ 631 992
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Concrete |
Recorder | [Unknown] ([Unknown]) |
Defence grouping |
Portsmouth anti-tank island - Anti-invasion defences of Portsmouth (Western Command) anti-tank island.
[GHQ and Comd: Cassini Q01. 5 Corps Operation Instruction No.41 of 5.9.40 - PRO WO 166/249]. Hampshire coast defences - Defences of the Hampshire coast line and immediate hinterland. |
DOB site reference: | S0015109 |
Reference |
2000/05 World War Two Coastal Batteries |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1939 1941 |