Defending the Coast Gallery

St Catherines Castle N071979

ST CATHERINE'S CASTLE, Cornwall. Aerial view. One of a pair of small artillery forts built by Henry VIII n the 1530s to defend Fowey Harbour, consisting of two storeys with gun ports at ground level

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Aerial, Cliff, Coast, Defence, Fortification, Tudor

Tilbury Fort 33643_005

Tilbury, Essex, 2018. Tilbury Fort, a late 17th century coastal fort with bastions and outworks principally Dutch in design and said to be the best preserved and most complete example of the type

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Aerial, Artillery Fort, English Heritage, Moat, River

Coastal battery IC266_003

Reconstruction drawing showing the layout of a typical Second World War emergency coastal battery comprising two 6-inch naval guns in gun-houses, with a battery observation post behind and a searchlight position to the right. Chris Evans, 1997

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Artillery, Cannon, Coast, Defence, Fortification, Graphic, Illustration, Military, Wartime, Weapon, Ww2