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Report - - World War II Heavy Anti-aircraft Battery, Stirley Knoll, Yorkshire, February 2019 | Military Sites | 28DaysLater.co.uk

Report - World War II Heavy Anti-aircraft Battery, Stirley Knoll, Yorkshire, February 2019

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HughieD

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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 well-preserved contemporary road up to the site.

The site of at Stirley Knoll was listed as unarmed in 1942, and prior to that was manned by 294 Battery of the 96th Royal Artillery Battery in 1940.

2. The Explore
In the area and got a bit of a thing for gun batteries at the moment. A well-preserved site and easy access. Quite a bit to see but the ammo store was particularly boggy and I didn’t haver my wellies on. Worth a half-an-hour nosy or so.

3. The Pictures

Ariel view of the battery courtesy of Google Maps:

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Screenshot_20190224-210734_Maps by HughieDW, on Flickr

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img9710 by HughieDW, on Flickr

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img9711 by HughieDW, on Flickr

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img9712 by HughieDW, on Flickr

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img9716 by HughieDW, on Flickr

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img9717 by HughieDW, on Flickr

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Castle Hill AA 01 by HughieDW, on Flickr

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img9725 by HughieDW, on Flickr

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img9726 by HughieDW, on Flickr

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img9733 by HughieDW, on Flickr

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img9736 by HughieDW, on Flickr

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img9738 by HughieDW, on Flickr

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Castle Hill AA 02 by HughieDW, on Flickr

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Castle Hill AA 03 by HughieDW, on Flickr

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Castle Hill AA 05 by HughieDW, on Flickr

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Castle Hill AA 06 by HughieDW, on Flickr

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Castle Hill AA 07 by HughieDW, on Flickr
 
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