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Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery Mersey H33

Hob Uid: 1414608
Location :
Wirral
Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : SJ2996294145
Summary : Site of Second World War heavy anti aircraft battery K/H33 at Red Noses. The feature is visible as structures and earthworks on air photographs. It was armed with two 3.7-inch guns in 1942, but had been upgunned to four 5.25-inch guns in 1945, when it was manned by 443 Battery of the 130th Royal Artillery Regiment. It was retained as a Nucleus Force Headquarters Battery in 1946.The feature appears to be no longer extant on the latest 2005 NMRC Survey oblique photography.
More information : ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY. SRF



HAA

Red Noses

K H33



Recorder- D. Taylor & A. Rudd. (1)

Documented. (2)

The monument is also visible as upstanding structures and earthworks on air photographs mapped as part of the North West Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey. The feature appears to be no longer extant on the latest 2005 NMRC Survey oblique photography.
(3)
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Source Number : 1
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Source details : The two databases developed by the Project can be searched on-line through the Archaeology Data Service at http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/specColl/dob/index.cfm
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Source details : RAF 3G/TUD/UK/17 5150 12-JAN-1946
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Monument Types:
Monument Period Name : Mid 20th Century
Display Date : Extant 1946
Monument End Date : 1946
Monument Start Date : 1946
Monument Type : Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery
Evidence : Documentary Evidence, Structure
Monument Period Name : Second World War
Display Date : World War II
Monument End Date : 1945
Monument Start Date : 1939
Monument Type : Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery
Evidence : Documentary Evidence, Structure, Levelled Earthwork
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Related Records from other datasets:
External Cross Reference Source : DoB Non Anti Invasion Database UID
External Cross Reference Number : 4041
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Merseyside)
External Cross Reference Number : 2994-001
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SJ 29 SE 43
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 1995-04-01
End Date : 2002-03-01
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Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2007-11-26
End Date : 2009-05-22