Beacon hill fort..harwich

Mikeymutt · Jun 9, 2015

i have not seen any recent reports from this place.its somewhere I have wanted to see for so long now.if your a World War Two buff like me then this place has it all.gun emplacements,two watch towers,several unusual pillboxes,spigot mortar bases,and tunnels and various buildings,the whole site is fairly overgrown and quite heavily trashed..beacon hill originally started as a defensive fort in 1810 as protection to harwich port.but as the Second World War broke out and a threat of invasion.the place was heavily fortififiedc,along with another one over the water at nearby Felixstowe.a serious threat of invasion was seen as being here.i really liked the underground ammomdumps,several had been put in the original tunnels from the napoleonic wars..I would like to revisit in winter when all the overgrowth has died down.

HughieD · Jun 10, 2015

Wow! That's an extensive and fab report. My kinda place.

krela · Jun 10, 2015

Loving that, thank you Mikeymutt.

night crawler · Jun 10, 2015

Great stuff. never knew there was anything round that area.

UrbanX · Jun 10, 2015

Cracking photos of a wonderful site! Nice one mate.
Thanks for sharing

oldscrote · Jun 10, 2015

Enjoyed that a lot and a nice day as well,any idea why the overhead protection has been trashed on the gun sites,must have been alot of hard work to knock them down.