Description

In the entry for BROWNDOWN ROAD
Battery No 1
3/9 (Browndown Battery)

The address shall be amended to read BROWNDOWN ROAD
Browndown Battery

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BROWNDOWN ROAD
1.
5232
Battery No 1
(Browndown Battery)
SZ 59 NE 3/9
II
Circa 1888/89. The structure, of brick and concrete, makes provision for 2 large
guns, and a rearward control point on the west side. The concrete front to the
emplacements slopes upwards to the rim of the V-shaped gun pit. There is ground floor
accommodation underneath the rear of each platform, between which is a central
ammunition store, with a more heavily protected roof. Although incomplete and
derelict, there is a survival of many detailed features (steps, cupboards, channels,
metal fixtures, railings etc), to indicate the scale and type of armament. The south
face (towards the fleet anchorage) is protected by a sloping earthwork; on the north
inner side is a yard, with a high brick wall on its northern boundary.

Listing NGR: SU6023198804

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Browndown Battery at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q4976460

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