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High-angle Battery

Verne, Portland.

NGR:SY 6943 7326
WGS84:50.55829, -2.43292
Length:Not recorded
Depth:0 m
Altitude:Not recorded
Tags:none
Registry:mcr-d

Artificial. Late 19C coastal-defence mortar battery. Well-nigh impregnable thanks to location, but obsolete by WW1. Alt name coined by local children.

Alternate Names: The Ghost Tunnels

Notes: Artificial

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