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Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite 340m south east of Gardens Farm is a Second World War defensive installation located in Derbyshire. The site represents the extensive network of anti-aircraft defences constructed across Britain during the 1940s to counter the threat of enemy air attack. Heavy anti-aircraft gunsites of this type typically comprised concrete gun emplacements, ammunition storage, and associated operational structures, arranged to provide overlapping fields of fire across vulnerable areas. This particular installation reflects the strategic importance placed on air defence during the later stages of the Second World War and the considerable engineering effort invested in protecting the British home front.
Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite 340m south east of Gardens Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019871. View the official record →
Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite 340m south east of Gardens Farm is a Second World War defensive installation located in Derbyshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019871.
Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite 340m south east of Gardens 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 1019871.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Henge complex NW of Hickens Bridge (2.9 km), Iron Age settlement and cursus, with other air photographic marks, SE of Aston-on-Trent (3 km), Anglo-Scandinavian high cross shaft in the churchyard of St Werburgh's Church, Spondon (3.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite 340m south east of Gardens Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite 340m south east of Gardens Farm stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.