This battery was constructed to house six 9 inch guns on high angle mounts (70 degrees) which would fire heavy projectiles upto ten thousand yards down onto the deck of ships attacking the harbour of Portland. The guns were directed by Position Finding Cells, two at Priory Corner on West Cliff...
I've passed this place so many times and never stopped, myself, hood_mad and mum were driving about and thought we'd stop.
We're glad we did.
We'd finished looking at the pill-box and I spotted some railings on the edge of the field.
hood looked over the edge and saw an...