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Gun Emplacement Wall

Submitted by HighlandPaddyHK on Sun, 2021-04-18 20:41
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2021

Rear wall of the gun emplacement with possible receptacle for chains to keep gun in place.

Concrete Pit

Submitted by HighlandPaddyHK on Sun, 2021-04-18 20:41
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2021

A pit of some kind. For ammunition storage?

Trench and Blast Wall

Submitted by HighlandPaddyHK on Sun, 2021-04-18 20:41
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2021

A view of the blast wall and firing area shelter, with a new housing estate under construction in the background.

Trench and Splinter-proof Shelters

Submitted by HighlandPaddyHK on Sun, 2021-04-18 20:41
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2021

View from the blast wall looking south towards Lamma Island

Aberdeen Battery Stairs

Submitted by HighlandPaddyHK on Sun, 2021-04-18 20:41
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2021

Stairs leading from the Defence Electric Light (DEL) to Aberdeen Battery Lower Platform.

Outer Trench and Walkway

Submitted by HighlandPaddyHK on Sun, 2021-04-18 20:41
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2021

A view of the outer trench which has filled with sediment. Further down there is less sediment and it is clear that a person could originally walk in the trench without being exposed.

Gun Emplacement Rear Wall

Submitted by HighlandPaddyHK on Sun, 2021-04-18 20:41
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2021

A view of the gun emplacement rear wall as seen from the safety of the concrete trench.

22nd Royal Engineers F Company Mark

Submitted by HighlandPaddyHK on Sun, 2021-04-18 20:41
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2021

Inside one of the shelters is the signature mark of F Company, 22nd Royal Engineers and the date of construction. 

Aberdeen Battery Lower Platform [1939- ]

Submitted by HighlandPaddyHK on Sun, 2021-04-18 20:14
Date Place completed: 
1939-11-24

Aberdeen Battery has an upper and lower platform. The lower platform has an open area for the artillery piece, an interior trench protected by blast walls with three splinter-proof shelters, and an exterior trench on the western side of the blast wall. The platform was constructed on 24 Nov 1939 as evidenced by a signed block from F Company, 22nd Royal Engineers. 

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Fort Aberdeen Battery Observation Post North Wall

Submitted by HighlandPaddyHK on Sat, 2021-02-13 21:04

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