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Heavy anti-aircraft battery is a World War II coastal defence installation located near Larne in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The battery formed part of the integrated air defence system established to protect the strategically important port and industrial facilities at Larne during the Second World War. Such installations typically comprised gun emplacements, ammunition stores, and associated operational structures positioned to command approaches from the sea and air. The site represents the substantial investment in anti-aircraft defences undertaken across Northern Ireland during the war years to counter the threat of German air attack.
Heavy anti-aircraft battery is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 2878. View the official record →
Heavy anti-aircraft battery is a World War II coastal defence installation located near Larne in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 2878.
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 2878.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Glenn indechta, glyne, glynn old church. medieval parish church (in ruins) & graveyard (1.9 km), Bivallate rath (2.9 km), Platform rath & souterrain (3.2 km).
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