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Lydden Spout Battery is a
Subterranea Britannica description
Forts in Dover, Kent Military history of Dover, Kent Artillery battery fortifications in the United Kingdom {{fort-stub
Lydden Spout Battery is a World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
coastal defence battery built in 1941 west of Dover
Dover ( ) is a town and major ferry port in Kent, southeast England. It faces France across the Strait of Dover, the narrowest part of the English Channel at from Cap Gris Nez in France. It lies southeast of Canterbury and east of Maidstone. ...
. Originally armed with three 6-inch Mark VII naval guns on Mark V mountings, later upgraded to Mark XXIV guns on the same mountings. Fan Bay Battery to the east of Dover is built to the same plan.
The battery is to the south of the current A20. Most of the buildings have been demolished and the emplacements filled with concrete, but the catering rooms survive.
Lydden Spout Battery's remaining buildings above ground: Warrant Officer's Mess/Sergeants Mess in the foreground. Dining room and cook house is the L-shaped building behind.
See also
*Cross-Channel guns in the Second World War
The Dover Strait coastal guns were long-range coastal artillery, coastal artillery batteries that were sited on both sides of the English Channel during the Second World War. The British built several gun positions along the coast of Kent, Engla ...
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Forts in Dover, Kent Military history of Dover, Kent Artillery battery fortifications in the United Kingdom {{fort-stub