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 : 20-02-2018

Location : dover

History :

http://www.subterraneanhistory.co.uk/2006/11/oil-mill-cave-west-dover.html?m=1

It is likely that the tunnels were originally the result of chalk being mined for lime burning in the nearby kilns during the 19th Century. The five roughly parallel tunnels are cut directly into the chalk cliff face with adjoining passages between, and have very high ceilings and evidence of originally having a second floor. The caves were used as a Bonded Store to house goods awaiting payment of customs tax and later as an air raid shelter and temporary fire station during WW2. These tunnels have been known by a number of names over the years, including 'Finnis Hill Caves', 'Champagne Caves' and simply 'Oil Mill Cave'.

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