Everything tagged: Aberdeen Battery

Aberdeen Battery has an upper and lower platform. The lower platform has an open area for the artillery piece, an interior trench protected by blast walls with three splinter-proof shelters, and an exterior trench on the western side of the blast wall. The platform was constructed on 24 Nov 1939 as evidenced by a signed block from F Company, 22nd Royal Engineers. 

Found this concrete structure right next to the gate to the base of the service reservoir. The roof is gone. I remember I read some article mentioning the defenders blew up the battery structures before they retreat.

Some other articles had mentioned the Aberdeen Battery had been an improvised one with two 4 inch guns.  Earlier before I went up the hill trying to look for traces of the remains of these, but I don't know what I've found has anything to do with them: