Mautby Anti Aircraft Battery

This battery is a little west of Caister in Norfolk and was built, probably in late 1943, to protect the port of Gt Yarmouth. It is quite a rare survivor as there are very few such gun emplacements remaining and this is one of the most complete four gun emplacement batteries still extant. It also has an intact command centre and, as a result of its completeness, it is a scheduled monument with Historic England.

Access to the site is down a country lane and a narrow concrete track and it helps if you have someone to stay with the car when you abandon it on the edge of a field! A short walk along a public footpath reaches some woodland next to a farm field and the gun emplacement is within the trees. A slightly different aspect to my aircraft hobby and here are some images of what remains.