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Report - - Maker Barracks/Coastal Battery - 26/8/07 | Military Sites | 28DaysLater.co.uk

Report - Maker Barracks/Coastal Battery - 26/8/07

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Kernow Expeditionary Force

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After a little research id managed to locate a largely intact coastal battery/ barracks in SE cornwall,

The land is private so access is personal choice, the magazines are now used as fishermans stores, and littered with nets and lobster pots etc,

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Imposing 12.5" Gun emplacement still guards the channel

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arty shot in underground magazine...

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type "c" gun mount for 12.5"RML gun

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the cookhouse

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shell hoist from underground..

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HUGE apron - approx 10' high concrete reinforcement

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MOD boundry stone below battery

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repo poster from the late 30's in maker barracks

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One the the huge empacements on the barracks

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A padlocked ROC post on the edge of camp



So all in all a good couple hours of roaming with intent....:thumb
 
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