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Defending the Coast Collection (page 2)

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Background imageDefending the Coast Collection: Gun Emplacement DP169964

Gun Emplacement DP169964
World War 1 gun emplacement, also used in World War 2. View from Blyth Battery, The Links, South Beach, Blyth, Northumberland

Background imageDefending the Coast Collection: Pillbox DP188407

Pillbox DP188407
Pillbox, Withow Gap, Off Hornsea Road, Skipsea, East Riding of Yorkshire. Exterior view from South. NGR (TA 18384 54659). Englands First World War Home Front 1914-1918

Background imageDefending the Coast Collection: Camber Castle 29926_029

Camber Castle 29926_029
Camber Castle, Rye, East Sussex. Device fort built during the reign of Henry VIII to protect the port of Rye, the harbour at Winchelsea and the Camber anchorage

Background imageDefending the Coast Collection: Camber Castle 29926_019

Camber Castle 29926_019
Camber Castle, Rye, East Sussex. Device fort built during the reign of Henry VIII to protect the port of Rye, the harbour at Winchelsea and the Camber anchorage

Background imageDefending the Coast Collection: Kent coastal defences in 1740 J010166

Kent coastal defences in 1740 J010166
WALMER CASTLE, Kent. " Plan of the coast of Kent from Ramsgate to Rye" 1740. Chart of the approaches to the Kent coast showing details of the coastal defences at Sandwich, Deal, Dover

Background imageDefending the Coast Collection: Gun Deck, Pendennis Castle N900017

Gun Deck, Pendennis Castle N900017
PENDENNIS CASTLE, Falmouth, Cornwall. The upper gun deck in action in the late 1540s. England was at war with France from 1542-6 and again in 1549

Background imageDefending the Coast Collection: King Charles Castle, Tresco, Isles of Scilly N090215

King Charles Castle, Tresco, Isles of Scilly N090215
KING CHARLESs CASTLE, Tresco, Isles of Scilly. Detail of a window found on the North West side of the castle. The ruins of a mid 16th century coastal artillery fort, later garrisoned, hence the name

Background imageDefending the Coast Collection: King Charles Castle, Tresco, Isles of Scilly N090213

King Charles Castle, Tresco, Isles of Scilly N090213
KING CHARLESs CASTLE, Tresco, Isles of Scilly. View of the castle from the South. The ruins of a mid 16th century coastal artillery fort, later garrisoned, hence the name, by Civil War Royalists

Background imageDefending the Coast Collection: Old Blockhouse, Tresco, Isles of Scilly N100389

Old Blockhouse, Tresco, Isles of Scilly N100389
OLD BLOCKHOUSE, Tresco, Isles of Scilly. Aerial view of the 16th century gun tower built to protect Old Grimsby

Background imageDefending the Coast Collection: Landguard Fort K060531

Landguard Fort K060531
LANDGUARD FORT, Felixstowe, Suffolk. View of the 1870s casemated battery and its caponier with Fire Commanders Post above and Darells Battery to left

Background imageDefending the Coast Collection: Camber Castle N100290

Camber Castle N100290
CAMBER CASTLE, Rye, East Sussex. View of central tower from the wall walk

Background imageDefending the Coast Collection: Camber Castle N100289

Camber Castle N100289
CAMBER CASTLE, Rye, East Sussex. View of central tower from within the outer walls

Background imageDefending the Coast Collection: Harrys Walls, St Marys, Isles of Scilly N100223

Harrys Walls, St Marys, Isles of Scilly N100223
HARRYs WALLS, St Mary s, Isles of Scilly. Aerial view of incomplete fort. Begun 1551 with two cannon added in 1554

Background imageDefending the Coast Collection: Calshot Castle J850500

Calshot Castle J850500
CALSHOT CASTLE, Hampshire. View from the North-East. This artillery fort, built by Henry VIII to defend the sea passage to Southampton, was recently used as a Navy and RAF base

Background imageDefending the Coast Collection: Bull Sand Fort 20620_039

Bull Sand Fort 20620_039
BULL SAND FORT, Humber Estuary. Aerial view. Standing one and a half miles from shore off Spurn Head on a submerged sandbank, it stands 18 metres high and 25metres in diameter

Background imageDefending the Coast Collection: Old Blockhouse, Isles of Scilly N090237

Old Blockhouse, Isles of Scilly N090237
OLD BLOCKHOUSE, Tresco, Isles of Scilly. View of the remains of a 16th century gun tower which was designed to protect the Old Grimsby harbour

Background imageDefending the Coast Collection: Cromwells Castle, Isles of Scilly N090226

Cromwells Castle, Isles of Scilly N090226
CROMWELLs CASTLE, Tresco, Isles of Scilly. View of the castle from the south west. One of the few surviving Cromwellian fortifications in Britain

Background imageDefending the Coast Collection: Martello Tower, Eastbourne N080778

Martello Tower, Eastbourne N080778
MARTELLO TOWER, No. 64, Eastbourne, East Sussex. Twilight view of the Martello Tower from the beach

Background imageDefending the Coast Collection: St Mawes Castle N080749

St Mawes Castle N080749
ST MAWES CASTLE, Cornwall. View of the castle with sea and headland beyond

Background imageDefending the Coast Collection: St Mawes Castle K021934

St Mawes Castle K021934
ST MAWES CASTLE, Cornwall. View of the Castle from the north east with sea in the background

Background imageDefending the Coast Collection: East Bastion at sunset, Pendennis Castle N080674

East Bastion at sunset, Pendennis Castle N080674
PENDENNIS CASTLE, Cornwall. Sunset view across the East Bastion towards St Mawes

Background imageDefending the Coast Collection: Gun battery at Pendennis Castle N080669

Gun battery at Pendennis Castle N080669
PENDENNIS CASTLE, Cornwall. View over the One Gun Battery towards St Mawes Castle

Background imageDefending the Coast Collection: Gun at Pendennis Castle N080441

Gun at Pendennis Castle N080441
PENDENNIS CASTLE, Cornwall. View across the water at sunset, looking towards St Mawes Castle

Background imageDefending the Coast Collection: Calshot Castle engraving N070778

Calshot Castle engraving N070778
CALSHOT CASTLE, Hampshire. South view of Calshot Castle in Hampshire by Samuel and Nathaniel Buck (1739). This is one of the Henry VIII device forts on the Solent

Background imageDefending the Coast Collection: Calshot Castle K950208

Calshot Castle K950208
CALSHOT CASTLE, Hampshire. Courtyard guns. This is one of the Henry VIII device forts on the Solent, protecting the mouth of Southampton Water

Background imageDefending the Coast Collection: Hurst Castle K951457

Hurst Castle K951457
HURST CASTLE, Hampshire. View north west from the central tower of the west wing and the inlet

Background imageDefending the Coast Collection: Fort Brockhurst N990011

Fort Brockhurst N990011
FORT BROCKHURST, Gosport, Hampshire. Exterior view from the south east. Brick fortress built in the 1860s to defend Portsmouth Harbour

Background imageDefending the Coast Collection: Deal Castle K970992

Deal Castle K970992
DEAL CASTLE, Kent. View of the castle from the north

Background imageDefending the Coast Collection: Deal Castle K970991

Deal Castle K970991
DEAL CASTLE, Kent. View of the castle from the north

Background imageDefending the Coast Collection: St Mawes Castle N070910

St Mawes Castle N070910
ST MAWES CASTLE, Cornwall. View from the sea looking towards the castle

Background imageDefending the Coast Collection: St Mawes K970786

St Mawes K970786
ST MAWES CASTLE, Cornwall. The entrance to the castle

Background imageDefending the Coast Collection: St Mawes Castle K021933

St Mawes Castle K021933
ST MAWES CASTLE, Cornwall. View of the castle from lower gun battery with traversing gun in the foreground

Background imageDefending the Coast Collection: St Mawes Castle J870443

St Mawes Castle J870443
ST MAWES CASTLE, Cornwall. View across the Carrick Roads towards Pendennis Castle

Background imageDefending the Coast Collection: Pillbox IoE 466394

Pillbox IoE 466394
World War I Pillbox, Haddiscoe, Norfolk. Built of concrete with steel doors c.1916, a mid C20 weather boarded office building was built on top, adding both functionality and camouflage

Background imageDefending the Coast Collection: Martello Tower at TM 361 419

Martello Tower at TM 361 419
Defensive tower c.1810-1812. IoE 285373




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