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Old 10-03-07, 15:33
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Hornby Battery was itself built on the site of an earlier (1876) battery of two 9inch Rifled Muzzle Loading Whitworth guns. While the WW2 Hornby Battery was made of austerity cast concrete, the 1876 battery is formed from stone blocks. Unfortunately, much of the stonework was "defaced" by the 1939 works, such as this Searchlight platform mounted in one of the 9inch positions:
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