2014
SU0669 : Round Barrow with WW2 gun emplacement, north of West Down
taken 12 years ago, near to Yatesbury, Wiltshire, England
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Round Barrow with WW2 gun emplacement, north of West Down
Bronze Age round barrow with Second World War gun emplacement. Link
(Archive Link ) Link (Archive Link ) In 1984, Owen Meyrick found a beaker, Middle Bronze Age sherds, shale fragments and human bones superficially around this bowl barrow. During WW2, the barrow was damaged in order to insert an anti-aircraft post, one of five light anti-aircraft gun emplacements that made up part of the airfield defences of the Radio School at RAF Yatesbury. The extant gun emplacement consists of a twin gun‐pit, blast shelter and zig‐zag blast corridor. One entrance can be seen from this side.
(Archive Link ) Link (Archive Link ) In 1984, Owen Meyrick found a beaker, Middle Bronze Age sherds, shale fragments and human bones superficially around this bowl barrow. During WW2, the barrow was damaged in order to insert an anti-aircraft post, one of five light anti-aircraft gun emplacements that made up part of the airfield defences of the Radio School at RAF Yatesbury. The extant gun emplacement consists of a twin gun‐pit, blast shelter and zig‐zag blast corridor. One entrance can be seen from this side.![Creative Commons Licence [Some Rights Reserved]](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/somerights20.gif){kind=small}
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- Grid Square
- SU0669, 27 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Vieve Forward (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Saturday, 6 December, 2014 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Monday, 8 December, 2014
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
SU 0674 6963 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:25.5384N 1:54.2670W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: SU 0679 6962
- View Direction
- WEST (about 270 degrees)
