More information : ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY. Revised SRF, with sketch and 4 photographs
HAA
Recorder- P. Cobb. (1)
Documented. (2)
Holbrook (Solent P4) HAA was located between the railway line and Fort Brockhurst, now the site of Holbrook Primary School where nothing survives (3). The site has been mapped from historic RAF aerial photographs as part of the SWRCZAS project (4) with additional features such as the outer barbed wire defences mapped as part of the Historic Englsnd Heritage Action Zone (HAZ) project. The octagonal chicken-wire false datum mat and central gun laying radar platform were clearly visible on these aerial photographs taken in 1942 (5) as are the gun emplacements and buildings associated with the installation. The course of the Holbrook-Rowner stopline around the north-western edge of Gosport can be seen skirting around the northern half of the battery as a substantial anti-tank ditch.
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