WV5454 : Molkte Battery
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Molkte Battery
This is a restored section of the army battery "Moltke" which once sprawled across the headland. On permanent exterior display is one of the original 15.5cm K418(f) French field guns from the battery, initially pushed over the nearby cliffs by the British Army in 1946, and retrieved in the 1990s. In an adjacent emplacement are further examples of coastal artillery pieces used in the island, and subsequently rescued from the same watery grave. Link![External link - shift click to open in new window External link](https://s0.geograph.org.gg/img/external.png)
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year taken
2010
- Grid Square
- WV5454, 44 images (more nearby)
- Photographer
- Gerald England (find more nearby)
- Image classification
- Geograph
- Date Taken
- Friday, 8 October, 2010 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Tuesday, 16 November, 2010
- Category
- Battery (more nearby)
- Subject Location
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MGRS:
WV 5472 5488 [10m precision]
WGS84: 49:14.6548N 2:14.8911W - Photographer Location
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MGRS:
WV 5471 5491
- View Direction
- SOUTH (about 180 degrees)