No 1 Battery (Gun emplacement)
No 1 Battery (Gun emplacement) is an archaeological site in Lydd, Shepway District, England. No 1 Battery (Gun emplacement) is situated nearby to the village Lydd-on-Sea, as well as near the building Dungeness Lifeboat Station.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dungeness Lifeboat Station and Dungeness Lighthouse.
Dungeness Lifeboat Station
Building
Dungeness Lifeboat Station is located on Dungeness Road, about 3.5 miles south-east of the town of Lydd, on the cuspate foreland of Dungeness, on the Kent coast. Dungeness Lifeboat Station is situated 1,600 feet southeast of No 1 Battery (Gun emplacement).
Dungeness Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dungeness Lighthouse on the Dungeness Headland started operation on 20 November 1961. Its construction was prompted by the building of Dungeness nuclear power station, which obscured the light of its predecessor which, though decommissioned, remains standing. Dungeness Lighthouse is situated 1 mile south of No 1 Battery (Gun emplacement).
Dungeness Old Lighthouse
Photo: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dungeness Old Lighthouse is situated 1 mile south of No 1 Battery (Gun emplacement).
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lydd-on-Sea and Dungeness.
Lydd-on-Sea
Village
Photo: Simon Carey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lydd is a town and electoral ward in Kent, England, lying on Romney Marsh. It is one of the larger settlements on the marsh, and the most southerly town in Kent.
Dungeness
Village
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dungeness is a headland on the coast of Kent, England, formed largely of a shingle beach in the form of a cuspate foreland. It shelters a large area of low-lying land, Romney Marsh.
Lade
Suburb
Photo: Hywel Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lydd is a town and electoral ward in Kent, England, lying on Romney Marsh. It is one of the larger settlements on the marsh, and the most southerly town in Kent.
No 1 Battery (Gun emplacement)
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Lydd, Shepway District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.92946° or 50° 55′ 46″ northLongitude
0.97146° or 0° 58′ 17″ eastOpen location code
9F22WXHC+QHOpenStreetMap ID
node 2801476944OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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