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Possible location of a World War Two heavy anti-aircraft battery (B5) at Overton, Brimpsfield.
County: Gloucestershire
District: COTSWOLD
Parish: BRIMPSFIELD
NGR: SO 91 12
Monument Number: 27043
HER 27043 DESCRIPTION:-
Possible location of a WWII heavy anti-aircraft battery (B5) at Overton, Brimpsfield, first recorded June 1942 when it was described as being unarmed but with a GL Mk II radar. {Source Work 4433.}
Site of anti-aircraft battery B5 - Overtown, recorded as part of the Gloucester/Brockworth gun defended area. {Source Work 10057.}

Monuments
HEAVY ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY(20TH CENTURY)
RADAR STATION(20TH CENTURY)

Protection Status

Sources and further reading
4433;Dobinson CS;1996;Twentieth Century Fortifications in England. Anti-aircraft artillery. Gazetteer;Vol:1.3;
10057;Dobinson C;2001;AA Command: Britain's anti-aircraft defences of World War II;

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Source
Gloucestershire County Council: Historic Environment Record Archive