Burnt Farm HAA Battery (part 2)

http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/adgb/london.html

The above might be of good future reference for the more discerning who wish to carry out the research.

As mentioned - part two of the 5 hour explore of this wonderful site. Not all the emplacements were full accessible so i could only detail certain areas before coming up against the wall of hawthorn or brambles.

Leading off from the Command Centre are 6 Gun pits. 4 are type L emplacements and i shall for the sake of detailing the pits individually - number them 1 - 6 going clockwise from the main access road. Out of the 6 i managed to get into 4 of them. One was a cursory look around due to the state of the foliage. (pit 1)

Pits 3 and 4 held the 4.5 inch guns. These were added to the complex at a later date whilst the other 4 pits were `March 1938 pattern'.


Pits 5 and 6 could not be explored, both from the inner ring road or the outer surrounds.


Pit 1

The remains of the ammunition storage area.







Heavily overgrown.





Pit 2













































Pit 3



















Pit 4























A roofed concrete shelter compelete with blast walls that was used to store equipment serving the gun emplacements and the mobile Radar systems.







The view overlooking the Generator block / diesel room and equipment storage areas.



Located behind the second of the concrete blast shelters:









The two vehicle / equipment storage areas.













The Nissan Hut on site magazine.























The Generator Block













And finally.................









Very very pic heavy but i hope you enjoyed. Thanks for viewing.

Another excellent report. Great to see so many fixture details...plus the autumn foliage is a lovely bonus. Cheers.

top stuff mate, an excelent compliment to part one.

Looks a great place Sen. Does the vegetation ever die back? Would like to see how this is laid out in plan view. Do you have a GE screen grab or maybe PM me the grid ref?

Big job of work getting that lot, thanks for sharing.

Munchh said:

Looks a great place Sen. Does the vegetation ever die back? Would like to see how this is laid out in plan view. Do you have a GE screen grab or maybe PM me the grid ref?

Big job of work getting that lot, thanks for sharing.

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Great second part mate.Pity they cant be forced to clean it up

Munchh said:

Looks a great place Sen. Does the vegetation ever die back? Would like to see how this is laid out in plan view. Do you have a GE screen grab or maybe PM me the grid ref?

Big job of work getting that lot, thanks for sharing.

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As you can see from the plan view of the site there is still a lot of the circuit buried. If the site is now part of the Heritage Protection Process then someone needs to get to grips with this site. Sometimes the decay adds to the sadness of a site but not in this case. This place is now somewhere i shall pay a repeat visit to an document a little further. I hope to take some secateurs next time and have a good explore. It was a shame the hold fasts were inaccessible and that some of the pathways i could feel underfoot were not visible. If visiting the site - go careful as there is so much lose wood, stone and brickwork hidden that could easily make you fall. Pits 5 and 6 were so overgrown now that even David Bellamy would find it tough going.

The site seems accessible from the housing estate as, when walking away from the site there were two young boy playing war games and intent on getting over to the gun pits. I gave them a friendly word of warming concerning safety and hoped they took heed of me. Probably not!!

Loved the recommendation from Outkast and i enjoyed the visit. Cheers again for that.

sennelager66 said:

As you can see from the plan view of the site there is still a lot of the circuit buried. If the site is now part of the Heritage Protection Process then someone needs to get to grips with this site. Sometimes the decay adds to the sadness of a site but not in this case. This place is now somewhere i shall pay a repeat visit to an document a little further. I hope to take some secateurs next time and have a good explore. It was a shame the hold fasts were inaccessible and that some of the pathways i could feel underfoot were not visible. If visiting the site - go careful as there is so much lose wood, stone and brickwork hidden that could easily make you fall. Pits 5 and 6 were so overgrown now that even David Bellamy would find it tough going.

The site seems accessible from the housing estate as, when walking away from the site there were two young boy playing war games and intent on getting over to the gun pits. I gave them a friendly word of warming concerning safety and hoped they took heed of me. Probably not!!

Loved the recommendation from Outkast and i enjoyed the visit. Cheers again for that.

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Gardening glove, shears and secateurs, I always take them when I'm doing WW2 stuff.

It's getting that way with me. Forcing my way through the thorns and suffering the cuts is not fun.

sennelager66 said:

It's getting that way with me. Forcing my way through the thorns and suffering the cuts is not fun.

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some years back I spent three days hacking my way into east tilbury battery with a machette