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Heavy anti-aircraft battery is a Second World War defensive installation located in Derry, Northern Ireland. The battery formed part of the air defence network established to protect the port and strategic installations in the city during the German bombing campaigns of 1940 to 1941. Such installations typically consisted of anti-aircraft guns mounted on concrete platforms with associated gun emplacements, command posts, and ammunition storage facilities arranged within a defined perimeter. The site represents the physical infrastructure of civil and military defence during the critical period of the Battle of the Atlantic and the Blitz.
Heavy anti-aircraft battery is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 11915. View the official record →
Heavy anti-aircraft battery is a Second World War defensive installation located in Derry, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 11915.
Heavy anti-aircraft battery dates from the modern period, and is classified as a anti-aircraft battery. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Heavy anti-aircraft battery is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Ni. The official designation reference is 11915.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn with cist - megalithic tomb? (2.1 km), Doherty tower, castle aileach. castle & earthwork enclosure (3.5 km), C17th windmill - ihr 02409 (4.1 km).
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