Site of Second World War gun emplacement or post-war weapons testing site, south of The Fleet, Foulness Island (EHER 82615)

Regular scars and debris on the ground surface, visible on 1940s aerial photographs, may indicate the site of a World War II gun emplacement, or post-war weapons testing. The site is 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 Atomic Weapons Research Establishment (AWRE) (EHER 46720). The area was cleared and partially built over and reverted to pasture during the construction of the buildings and infrastructure associated with Range 8 of the former AWRE (EHER 46720). Three sub rectangular depressions or scars (the outer two with a line to the east) are spaced 21m apart at TQ 9796 9108, TQ 9797 9111 and TQ 9798 9113. To the west are further scars and depressions on a similar alignment.

NRHE data transfer: Regular scars and debris on the ground surface, visible on 1940s aerial photographs, may indicate the site of a World War II gun emplacement, or post-war weapons testing. The site is 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 Atomic Weapons Research Establishment (AWRE) (EHER 46720). The area was cleared and partially built over and reverted to pasture during the construction of the buildings and infrastructure associated with Range 8 of the former AWRE (EHER 46720). Three sub rectangular depressions or scars (the outer two with a line to the east) are spaced 21m apart at TQ 9796 9108, TQ 9797 9111 and TQ 9798 9113. To the west are further scars and depressions on a similar alignment. Overall, the site extends over an area measuring 94m by 60m, which is centred at TQ 9793 9112. <1> <2>