No Signals Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 Found this local AAA site by chance not many miles from home. Probably well known to others but its survival is new to me, although I had come across a reference to it as being destroyed 20(?) years ago. Looks pretty intact to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 Interesting, where is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 interesting find ! wonder who owns it now ? the farmer/land owner or still held by the Government ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Signals Posted August 10, 2008 Author Share Posted August 10, 2008 South Yorks Rick. Did a bit of online research tonight and it was known by the designation Station H17. Most likely associated with the defence of Sheffield, possibly coupled with the coalfield areas. Four heavy AA gun pits with command post. There was a sizable (for the area) army camp very close by whose main purpose I have yet to identify. It is in reasonable nick but seems to have suffered from a lot of fairly recent rubbish dumping. Not quite as spectacularly complete as the battery at Blyth but nontheless quite impressive being as I previously didnt know it was still there! God bless Google Earth! Abn D. The site will now the be property of the landowner as is the case with a lot of WW2 sites. Once hostilities finished the previous landowners got the space back, complete with contents which sometimes they had to buy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Wonder if the land owner would mind sharing the site with a few HMV's ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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