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Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite, 380m east of Northwick Farm is a Second World War defensive installation located in Essex. The site dates from the period of the Second World War when Britain established extensive anti-aircraft defences against aerial attack. Heavy anti-aircraft gun positions of this type typically comprised gun emplacements, ammunition stores, and associated operational structures arranged to provide air defence coverage across the Home Counties. The site remains a significant archaeological record of wartime defensive infrastructure and the civilian population's experience of the aerial threat during the 1939-1945 conflict.
Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite, 380m east of Northwick Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019107. View the official record →
Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite, 380m east of Northwick Farm is a Second World War defensive installation located in Essex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019107.
Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite, 380m east of Northwick 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 1019107.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman saltern 260m south east of Great Russell Head Farm, Canvey Island (1.7 km), Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite, 170m south west of the junction of Cedar Road and West Crescent (2.6 km), World War II bombing decoy on Fobbing Marshes, 1.11km and 1.15km north west of Oozedam (3.2 km).
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