Ongar hill costal battery

Mikeymutt · Dec 27, 2015

I needed to get out Boxing Day for some fresh air and burn off some Christmas food.so what better way than to walk along the ash in the wind to see this costal battery.built to protect the port of kings Lynn.it consisted of two gun batteries,a pillbox and observation tower.the battery did not last long as it proved ineffective and the six inch guns were moved to Northumberland..

Rubex · Dec 27, 2015

You finally went lol great photos, love the black and white

oldscrote · Dec 27, 2015

That brick arch doorway in second to last photo is a bit of a fancy flourish for a stark utilarian WW2 MOD structure

krela · Dec 27, 2015

Looks great in B&W, thanks.

oldscrote said:
That brick arch doorway in second to last photo is a bit of a fancy flourish for a stark utilarian WW2 MOD structure

They probably didn't have a suitable lintel.

HughieD · Dec 27, 2015

Superb Mikey. Really suits black and white.

tumble112 · Dec 27, 2015

oldscrote said:
That brick arch doorway in second to last photo is a bit of a fancy flourish for a stark utilarian WW2 MOD structure

It gives the tower an almost 16th century look, well in B&W anyway. A nice bit of WW2 goodness here.

smiler · Dec 27, 2015

Very moody pics Mikey, I liked it, Thanks

URBANMYTH · Dec 28, 2015

Very good looks great in b&w

flyboys90 · Dec 28, 2015

You have done a great job here,thanks for sharing.

The Doc · Dec 28, 2015

Top job Mikey, well shot and B&W captures the atmosphere perfectly.

bryemycaz · Feb 8, 2016

This is close to where I live. Sadly a pic has been posted on Facebook showing that the roof of the Tower has collapsed forwards. You can see it was going in one of the pics. I used to play down there as a child and the brickwork at the top was crumbling then. That was about 25 years ago.