Farthingloe AA Battery, Dover

 

                  Farthingole AA battery 

                                            Date: May 

                                           Location: Dover

                                           Abandoned or Public : Abandoned

                                           Delmoished: NO

I visited this HAA site back in 2018, but I was in the area again so I decided to check it out. Unfortunately, the place is still very overgrown compared to last time and has been left to deteriorate. However, the battery itself is very interesting and has many original features.

The battery was originally known as D1 battery and was used during WW2 as a heavy anti-aircraft battery. The layout of the battery remains the same, and it would have used 3'7 inch guns which were added at the start of World War 2.

There are two forts next to each other, and this is one of them