lunette battery - Newhaven

lunette battery newhaven

Date : 24-02-2018

Location: Newhaven 

Access : Yes  ( Public ) 

History : https://www.blighty-at-war.net/lunette-battery.html

The name “Lunette” comes from the French term for “Crescent Moon”, referring to the half moon shaped structure. A Lunette is best described as a detached field fortification, consisting of two faces, forming a salient angle and two parallel flanks in which the powder magazines are housed

Champagne Caves - Dover

Champagne Caves

date : Feb 2018

Location : dover

Statuts : abandoned

This was our first exploration of the day. To start off, we decided to check out the champagne caves. I had known about these caves for about 3 or 4 years, but for some reason, I never got around to visiting them. After some climbing, we were inside. I have to say, I was amazed at how big and echoey it was inside. I was not expecting it to be so large.

It is said that the tunnels probably resulted from the chalk being mined for lime burning in the nearby kiln back in the 19th century. There may have been a second floor, hence the high walls. It is also said that over the years it had different names.

Additionally, it is said that the caves were used as a temporary fire station, a bomb store, and an air raid shelter in the Second World War.

Hougham battery - Dover

Hougham battery

Date : 15-02-2018

Location : Dover

Access : Yes ( Public land ) 

                                          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hougham_Battery 

Hougham Battery is a World War II coastal defence battery built in 1941 between Dover and Folkestone in southeast England. It is on the cliff-edge between Abbot's Cliff and Shakespeare Cliff. The battery is equipped with three 8-inch (203 mm) Mark VIII naval guns. The complex was built in 1941 and manned by men of 520 Coastal Regiment Royal Artillery