2007

SZ3783 : The Thimble, Hanover Point

taken 17 years ago, near to Brook, Isle of Wight, England

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The Thimble, Hanover Point
The Thimble, Hanover Point
The stone marker at Hanover point was built to ensure that shells fell into the sea when practice firing from Freshwater battery. Prior to it being built, in poor visibility, some shells were landing on the land across the bay. Provided that the guns were aimed to the south of the marker, shells would always fall into the sea. [Credit: information from Mark Pilbeam's entry in the grid square discussion for SZ3783]

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Category: Marker
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Thimble [5] · Freshwater Bay [4] · Built [2] Title Clusters: · The Thimble, Hanover Point [2] ·
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Grid Square
SZ3783, 48 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Jim Champion   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 2 August, 2007   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 5 August, 2007
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SZ 3795 8365 [10m precision]
WGS84: 50:39.0781N 1:27.8734W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SZ 3795 8369
View Direction
SOUTH (about 180 degrees)
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Image classification(about): Geograph
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