I've not posted in a while, so bear with me. Haven't seen this one on here in a while so thought I would share.
Over the weekend I headed up to Norfolk with a friend with the intention of doing some landscapes, but knowing there were some decent coastal defences still in existence we decided to incorporate them into our journey.
When war broke out, Norfolk was seen as a potential site for invasion so the beaches were fortified. In this particular area, pill boxes were erected, the beach was mined and gun emplacements were installed on the cliff top. The RAF also operated a radar station, whilst the army requisitioned a number of the homes in the area.
My pictures are not as great as some of the others that have been posted of this area, but hopefully you will find them interesting.
Pill box in a landscape, part of the reason we went up there
another one on the edge of the field, one of a number around this particular area
I tried to get a few of the inside, but the lighting was a poor, so i tried to be creative instead
Pill box with lighthouse in the background. This one didn't have much protection in comparison to the others, which makes me think it was more of a lookout? given where it was, i imagine it was a lot further away from the sea when it was constructed
another landscape
this one by the lighthouse was a lot more fortified
obligatory 2 for 1 shot
we didn't get to the pill box on the beach because the tide was quite far in, so we moved up the gun emplacements.
spigot mortar bases with the gun enclosure behind. we spotted 3 of the mortar mounts, so this point must have been fairly heavily fortified at the time.
pill box at the gun position
one of the gun emplacements, positioned to hide the cock grafitti
wide shot of both positions
one of the old gun mounts with some of the bolts in place
not sure what this is, but it was inside the underground of the gun enclosure. im guessing it is a light switch or socket
one of the underground chambers, i'm guessing due to the gap to the right with a ventilation hole this was more of a shelter rather than a protective bunker. Sadly that was the only usable shot I got from undergound.
We did find the other entrances to the underground system, but with the light starting to go and our intention to go photo Happisburgh Lighthouse at sunset we made our way away.
A nice little mooch around, and maybe I'll go back and get in the other tunnels.
Hope you enjoyed
Over the weekend I headed up to Norfolk with a friend with the intention of doing some landscapes, but knowing there were some decent coastal defences still in existence we decided to incorporate them into our journey.
When war broke out, Norfolk was seen as a potential site for invasion so the beaches were fortified. In this particular area, pill boxes were erected, the beach was mined and gun emplacements were installed on the cliff top. The RAF also operated a radar station, whilst the army requisitioned a number of the homes in the area.
My pictures are not as great as some of the others that have been posted of this area, but hopefully you will find them interesting.
Pill box in a landscape, part of the reason we went up there
another one on the edge of the field, one of a number around this particular area
I tried to get a few of the inside, but the lighting was a poor, so i tried to be creative instead
Pill box with lighthouse in the background. This one didn't have much protection in comparison to the others, which makes me think it was more of a lookout? given where it was, i imagine it was a lot further away from the sea when it was constructed
another landscape
this one by the lighthouse was a lot more fortified
obligatory 2 for 1 shot
we didn't get to the pill box on the beach because the tide was quite far in, so we moved up the gun emplacements.
spigot mortar bases with the gun enclosure behind. we spotted 3 of the mortar mounts, so this point must have been fairly heavily fortified at the time.
pill box at the gun position
one of the gun emplacements, positioned to hide the cock grafitti
wide shot of both positions
one of the old gun mounts with some of the bolts in place
not sure what this is, but it was inside the underground of the gun enclosure. im guessing it is a light switch or socket
one of the underground chambers, i'm guessing due to the gap to the right with a ventilation hole this was more of a shelter rather than a protective bunker. Sadly that was the only usable shot I got from undergound.
We did find the other entrances to the underground system, but with the light starting to go and our intention to go photo Happisburgh Lighthouse at sunset we made our way away.
A nice little mooch around, and maybe I'll go back and get in the other tunnels.
Hope you enjoyed
