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Coastal Artillery Battery on Blyth Links is a Second World War defensive installation situated on the Northumberland coast near Blyth. The battery formed part of the extensive coastal defence scheme constructed during the early 1940s to protect against potential German invasion and naval bombardment. The site comprises the characteristic remains of a gun emplacement with associated military infrastructure typical of wartime coastal artillery positions. This monument represents the substantial investment in home defence fortifications that characterised Britain's vulnerability during the middle years of the Second World War.
Coastal Artillery Battery on Blyth Links is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021401. View the official record →
Coastal Artillery Battery on Blyth Links is a Second World War defensive installation situated on the Northumberland coast near Blyth. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021401.
Coastal Artillery Battery on Blyth Links is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1021401.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Gloucester Lodge Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery (1.2 km), Enclosure 600yds (540m) NE of Burradon House (7.4 km), West Backworth medieval settlement, 300m south east of West Farm (7.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Coastal Artillery Battery on Blyth Links's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Coastal Artillery Battery on Blyth Links stands on Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.