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Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite 330m south east of Lowfield Farm is a Second World War defensive installation located in Yorkshire, England. The site comprises the physical remains of a heavy anti-aircraft gun emplacement, part of the extensive network of air defence structures constructed across Britain during the 1940s to counter aerial bombardment. Such installations were strategically positioned to protect industrial and populated areas, and this example represents the material legacy of the home front defence effort. The site's archaeological significance lies in its documentation of wartime military engineering and the organised civil defence infrastructure that characterised Britain's response to enemy air attack during the Second World War.
Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite 330m south east of Lowfield Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019872. View the official record →
Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite 330m south east of Lowfield Farm is a Second World War defensive installation located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019872.
Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite 330m south east of Lowfield Farm 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 1019872.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cross in the churchyard of St Leonard's Church (6.9 km), Roman Ridge (Roman road): section S of Hoober House (7 km), Cross located on the former village green (7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite 330m south east of Lowfield Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite 330m south east of Lowfield Farm 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.