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2 x 6pdr. battery.
(Source: Book 1977)
Coastal battery. Two or three ancillary structures at gun site. Small amount of shared camp buildings [with Deadman's Battery: UORN 15146] and building bases also survive within the camp site immediately to the rear of Deadman's Battery E of this site [information from 1981 aerial photographs].
(Source: Report 2000/05)
Official Name | Scars Elbow Battery |
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Type of site | COAST BATTERY |
Location | Scars Elbow Battery, Canvey Island. |
Area |
Canvey Island, Essex, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 786 820
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Bad |
Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Bennett, D. H. (Kent Defence Research Group) |
Defence grouping |
Essex coast defences - Coastal crust defences |
DOB site reference: | S0009083 |
Reference |
1977 A Handbook of Kent's Defences 2000/05 World War Two Coastal Batteries |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |