T 4
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Not as overgrown as Turm 3. |
T 4 |
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We thought this was the main entrance, but it turned out to be a shelter. |
T 4 |
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The next day, still no better for photos! Part of the outside stairway to the roof flak position can be seen. Approaching from the East. |
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An inside view
Access to the interior is easy enough....we thought we came prepared with a camcorder and a 500,000 candle power spotlight!The following images are "stills" from the film, the problem was the lamp was too bright !!! ,I should really have used a cinelight to give an even light, instead of a brilliant spot.But it was an exciting experience, especially when we saw the graffitti, and the wind was howling and booming through the passages!
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The view from outside T4 looking towards the wood where T2 is hidden. |
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Access to the roof of the ground floor. Too slippy due to snow on this occasion! |
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This is the entrance to what we think is the entrance to a shelter for the Flak crew on the roof of the batterie. |
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Inside the shelter looking back to the entrance. |
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Inside the shelter looking to the rear, you can see the corrugated steel roof construction. |
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Outside again, this is the main entrance to the Batterie. |
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This is the annular passage which goes around the gun room. |
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Looking at the rear wall of the gun room, showing the air vents to prevent a vacuum in the chamber when the gun was fired. |
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One of the two access doors to the gun's central pivot mounting. Lack of Wellingtons stopped us going further! |
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A view of the roof. |
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The rear, left wall of the Batterie, showing extensive post-war graffitti. |
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Inside the shell and charge rooms in the ground floor. The bunker is relatively clean apart from broken bottles and beer cans, there is a fine layer of concrete dust, about half an inch, which has fallen over the years. |
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This is the end of the annular passage on the left hand side of the gun room A brick wall has been built to prevent access to the stairway to the lower level,I think? |
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There are two, large rooms in the ground floor....one for the shells, the other for the charges both, including the connecting corridors have wartime "graffitti" drawn by the batterie's crew. |
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It is fascinating and, eerie to see! "The God of steel raises up those who scorn servility" |
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I am happy to say that the modern "artists" have respected what is recognised as the finest remaining examples of "bunker art"! |
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This is seen in the main corridor. |
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The "WC" refers to Winston Churchill. |
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And here he is! Happy at the start of the war but, later on............ |
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Not a good picture, but the mural shows the invasion of England by aircraft, a U-Boat, a schnellboot, a factory and
a coastal batterie, formed up behind a war banner which says, "Against England!". |
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Another example..... |
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On all the doorways there are recesses for light switches, long since "collected!" |
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The ceiling monorail beam is still in place....... |
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This was used to move shells and charges to the gun room...... |
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Where they were taken to an elevator which raised them up into the rear of the gun turret. |
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These "ducts" appear to go down to lower level! |