Alnmouth Battery
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Description
"This battery was erected by His Grace, Algernon, Duke of Northumberland K. G. for the use of the Percy Artillery Volunteers. Completed 12th March 1881" Interior has a rectangular room and an ammunition store below ground level. A pill-box was added in WW-II. 19th Century newspaper reports suggest that it originally held a 64 pounder. A big gun. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RML_64-pounder_64_cwt_gun" rel="noreferrer nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RML_64-pounder_64_cwt_gun -
Owner
Pete Reed -
Source
Flickr (Flickr) -
License
What does this mean? Attribution-NonCommercial License
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Further information
Link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/69959962@N00/49497174816/
Resource type: Image
Added by: Peter Smith
Last modified: 4 years, 2 months ago
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Picture Taken: 2020-02-06T14:24:34 -
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