This was our 3rd attempt exploring it and this time we got to it,. Getting to it was easy/difficult at the same time as there were a lot of overgrown trees you have to go through, it was great fun and very simple to explore and very interesting as you don't get to see many of these ani aircraft...
History-
The ZW3 Burnt Farm Heavy Anti-aircraft battery was an air defence unit of the British Army during WW2. During the war Burnt Farm was separated into two parts. There was a domestic area to the north which included the accommodation and general administration buildings. To the south of...
HAA battery close to the Manchester Ship Canal at Moore. Four 1938 pattern gun emplacements in poor condition. Unusual in that it also has local defence in the form of type FW3/23 pillboxes (also that it had guard horses not guard sheep?). Not a lot to see really but this is the special edition...
1. The History
Not a vast amount of info on this World War II Heavy anti-aircraft battery that lies in the sight of Castle Hill in Huddersfield. The site has two heavy anti-aircraft gun emplacements, a control building, ammunition stores and several other notable buildings. There is also a...
Following a visit to the area and finding this unusual looking location on google earth i thought i would take a look. i didnt know what i was looking at until @hhh pointed out that it was a heavy aa battery from ww2 and it all fell into place.
The HAA sites were largely permanent consisting of...