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Observation post, various concrete bases [use unknown], and 6 x gun positions overlooking Weston Bay. The latter consist of a semi-circular brick wall about 3ft in height on a circular concrete base in which is set the eight bolts of a 18ins diameter gun holdfast.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/05)


      

        Type of site
        COASTAL BATTERY GUN SITE
      

      

        Location
        On the N side of Brean Down peninsula overlooking Weston-super-Mare, to the E of Fiddlers Point

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Brean, Somerset, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            ST 294 590
             (Scale: 1:50000
              , 1996)
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Good

      

      

        Materials
        
            Clay Brick, 
            Concrete
        
      

      

        Recorder
        Dennett, David
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 Somerset coast defences - Defences of the Somerset coast line and immediate hinterland. 

        		
      

      

        Attached Sheets
        (5) - site location map, and site plans.

      

      

        Photographs
        
View of COASTAL BATTERY GUN SITE - S0012454
View of COASTAL BATTERY GUN SITE - S0012454
         

     (7) - site views (2 DIGITISED).  		
      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0012454

      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, During 2000/05 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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