Monument record 4116 - Anti Aircraft Battery near Ringway

Number X H12 Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery. Earliest reference - 22 June 1941, last reference - 22 June 1942. In June 1942 it was unarmed and had no radar (1).

The battery is clearly visible on aerial photographs dating from the 1940s. The photographs show a four gun emplacements, the command post and c.30 buildings located to the south. An addittional 10 buildings are located to the south of Dooley's Lane. The photographs suggest the site is enclosed by a fence or barbed wire. The gun emplacements also appear to be empty (2).

Modern aerial photographs suggest that the monument, with the exception of one building, has been destroyed (3).

<1> C S Dobinson, 1996, Twentieth Century Fortifications in England. Volume I.3 Anti-Aircraft artillery, 1914-46, 413 (Report). SCH4454.

<1> C S Dobinson, 1996, Twentieth Century Fortifications in England. Volume III Bombing decoys of WWII : England's passive air defences, 1939-45, 413 (Report). SCH8257.

<2> Royal Air Force, 1944-1947, 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review (Aerial Photograph). SCH8041.

<2> The GeoInformation Group, 2005, 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review (Aerial Photograph). SCH4608.

<3> The GeoInformation Group, 1999-2001, Millennium Survey (Aerial Photograph). SCH4609.