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Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite, 170m south west of the junction of Cedar Road and West Crescent, is a Second World War defensive installation located in Essex. The site represents part of Britain's anti-aircraft defence network established during the 1939–1945 conflict to protect against aerial bombardment. Heavy anti-aircraft gun positions of this type typically consisted of concrete emplacements designed to mount large-calibre guns, often 3.7-inch or 4.5-inch weapons, together with associated ammunition storage and fire control facilities. The survival of such sites provides material evidence of the extensive militarisation of the English landscape during the war period and the civilian protection infrastructure upon which the home defence effort depended.
Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite, 170m south west of the junction of Cedar Road and West Crescent is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020144. View the official record →
Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite, 170m south west of the junction of Cedar Road and West Crescent, is a Second World War defensive installation located in Essex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020144.
Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite, 170m south west of the junction of Cedar Road and West Crescent 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 1020144.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman saltern 260m south east of Great Russell Head Farm, Canvey Island (1 km), Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite, 380m east of Northwick Farm (2.6 km), Hadleigh Castle: an enclosure castle and an associated dam and mill (3.2 km).
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