Site of probable Second World War Diver battery, east of Small Gains Farm, Foulness Island (EHER 82598)

Now destroyed. The remains of the gun positions of a possible Diver type heavy anti-aircraft battery are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946. They were located on the western side of Foulness Island in an area owned by the government and used during World War II by the Armament Research Department and subsequently by the Atomics Weapons Research Establishment (EHER 46720). Eight small areas of disturbed ground and debris form a pattern characteristic of Diver battery and probably indicate the location of the guns. Further areas of disturbed ground immediately to the west of the probably indicate the site of ancillary structures or buildings. Another four areas of disturbed ground to the immediate northeast may be the remains of further gun positions, probably indicating that the gun positions were moved (EHER 82599). Two clusters of buildings (EHER 82596 and EHER 82597) to the west of the main cluster of disturbed ground may have been associated accommodation. The Diver Strip was a defensive line of heavy anti-aircraft (HAA) batteries that was constructed in September 1944 in order to combat the V1 flying bomb. The strip stretched from Clacton in Essex to Yarmouth in Norfolk.

NRHE data transfer: The remains of the gun positions of a possible Diver type heavy anti-aircraft battery are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946. They were located on the western side of Foulness Island in an area owned by the government and used during World War II by the Armament Research Department and subsequently by the Atomics Weapons Research Establishment (EHER 46720). Eight small areas of disturbed ground and debris form a pattern characteristic of Diver battery and probably indicate the location of the guns. Further areas of disturbed ground immediately to the west of them probably indicate the site of ancillary structures or buildings (EHER 82596). Another four areas of disturbed ground to the immediate northeast may be the remains of further gun positions, probably indicating that the gun positions were moved (EHER 82598). Two clusters of buildings (EHER 82596 and EHER 82597) to the west of the main cluster of disturbed ground may have been associated accommodation. The Diver Strip was a defensive line of heavy anti-aircraft (HAA) batteries that was constructed in September 1944 in order to combat the V1 flying bomb. The strip stretched from Clacton in Essex to Yarmouth in Norfolk. <1> <2>