South Foreland Coastal Artillery Battery (Historic Document)

South Foreland battery east of Dover has a web of bunkers and tunnels.



This site your be transfixed for hours:

http://www.subterraneanhistory.co.uk



This is a small portion of what remains at the former gun battery.





https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Foreland

South Foreland is a chalk headland on the Kent coast of southeast England. It presents a bold cliff to the sea, and commands views over the Strait of Dover. It is 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Dover and 15 miles south of North Foreland. It is the closest point on the British mainland to the European continent at a distance of only 20.6 miles (33.2 km).





This proximity gives it military significance and during World War II a coastal battery was sited on the headland along with a radar station. Lying between the busy port of Dover and the deadly Goodwin Sands, the two lighthouses were important for navigation but both have now been retired. Much of the area is now owned by the National Trust and is open to the public; it is traversed by the Saxon Shore Way.