Bowater Farm HAA site is the last remaining example of its kind in Essex. It is a scheduled ancient monument and is located at the rear of the Bowater Farm site. Officially, it was referred to as Buckland N13 and was used from 1940-1955; as a result, it has examples of some of the earliest anti-aircraft emplacements as well as much later emplacements for the semi-automatic large-calibre guns used from the end of WW2 until the abandonment of a gun-based defence. The battery is located on private land and full permission of the landowner was sought prior to our visit. Unfortunately, the site is largely overgrown, making access to much of it very limited.
Guardhouse at the entrance to the site.
Original window still in place on one of the surface buildings.
Section of the now overgrown concrete road which connected the various parts of the site.
Side of one of the 3.7 inch emplacements.
Inside of one the 3.7 inch emplacements. The alcoves are ready store lockers, which contained the rounds.
4.5 inch emplacement.
One of the orginal concrete fence posts. From what we could see on our visit, most of the fence posts were still in place.
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