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Operation Diver Heavy Anti-aircraft gun sites on Flamborough Head

England
List entry 1019594
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1019594
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
8.34 hectares
Grid reference
TA 25385 70439
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Operation Diver Heavy Anti-aircraft gun sites on Flamborough Head is a Second World War defensive installation dating from 1940–1945. The site comprises gun emplacements and associated structures positioned on the Yorkshire headland to protect against German aerial attack during the Battle of Britain and subsequent air campaigns. Heavy anti-aircraft artillery was deployed at this strategically important coastal location to defend both the headland itself and shipping in the surrounding waters. The surviving remains reflect the substantial investment in static coastal defence during the critical early years of the war.

Operation Diver Heavy Anti-aircraft gun sites on Flamborough Head is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019594. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Operation Diver Heavy Anti-aircraft gun sites on Flamborough Head?

Operation Diver Heavy Anti-aircraft gun sites on Flamborough Head is a Second World War defensive installation dating from 1940–1945. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019594.

Who is responsible for protecting Operation Diver Heavy Anti-aircraft gun sites on Flamborough Head?

Operation Diver Heavy Anti-aircraft gun sites on Flamborough Head 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 1019594.

What other scheduled monuments are near Operation Diver Heavy Anti-aircraft gun sites on Flamborough Head?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The old lighthouse, Flamborough (0.5 km), Flamborough Castle: a fortified manor house (2.8 km), Section of Danes' Dyke between the Cliff Plantation and the B1255 (3.9 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
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LiDAR
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

The old lighthouse, Flamborough
0.5 km
Flamborough Castle: a fortified manor house
2.8 km
Section of Danes' Dyke between the Cliff Plantation and the B1255
3.9 km
Section of the Danes' Dyke between the B1255 and B1229 roads
4 km
Section of Danes' Dyke from the B1229 north to Wold Farm field boundary
4.3 km
Northern section of the Danes' Dyke from Wold Farm field boundary to Bempton Cliffs
4.6 km
Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Home Farm, Sewerby
5 km
Round barrow on Metlow Hill, 300m WSW of Wandale Farm
5.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Operation Diver Heavy Anti-aircraft gun sites on Flamborough Head

Operation Diver Heavy Anti-aircraft gun sites on Flamborough Head stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Operation Diver Heavy Anti-aircraft gun sites on Flamborough Head

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