Barred door at the end of a trench leading to one of the remaining buildings at Brownstone Emergency Gun Battery near Kingswear Devon.

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Barred door at the end of a concrete trench leading to one of the remaining buildings at Brownstone Emergency Gun Battery. The gun battery dates from 1942. It originally had two 6 inch naval guns from a WW1 battleship. They could fire a shell some 14 miles. The battery was built as a defence for Dartmouth and Start Bay and included Slapton and Blackpool Sands, possible German invasion beaches. They were also defence agoinst German E Boats raiding Dartmouth.

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Size: 2848px × 4288px
Location: Brownstone Battery near Kingswear South Hams Devon.
Photo credit: © Brian Hartshorn / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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