February 15, 2018

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


























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