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Very nice stuff @Bikin Glynn - good to see someone else venturing over to here. I keep meaning to go back or visit Steep Holm which has some decent stuffs too. It’s honestly almost too much to take in on one day given the mixture of sites.

For some reason I thought the FH station had been turned into accommodation but maybe I read wrong then. I know when I was there there the issue was the roof struggling to hold the weight of the horns but given the listing it wasn’t so simple as to remove them..
 

Bikin Glynn

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Very nice stuff @Bikin Glynn - good to see someone else venturing over to here. I keep meaning to go back or visit Steep Holm which has some decent stuffs too. It’s honestly almost too much to take in on one day given the mixture of sites.

For some reason I thought the FH station had been turned into accommodation but maybe I read wrong then. I know when I was there there the issue was the roof struggling to hold the weight of the horns but given the listing it wasn’t so simple as to remove them..

Yeah the FH is still there but not in a good way, hopefully they will get it fixed up soon
 

Goneby

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WW2
The fortification of Flat Holm started in spring 1941 and the main construction of the gun positions continued throughout 1942.
Over 350 soldiers were then stationed on Flat Holm. Two batteries under Anti-Aircraft (AA) Command were established. Both consisted of two heavy, 4.5 inch AA Mark 2 guns, a command post, and were flanked by two searchlights. Bofor and Lewis guns augmented the AA armament.
Incorporated into the design of the South Battery was the now nicknamed “Benger Goalpost”. Major D Benger, who commanded 146 Coast Battery, was worried by the proximity of his Number 2 Gun to the Lighthouse. There was considerable danger that the gun might blow the top off the tower. He had a frame of 2” steel piping erected, which forced the gun to be raised, thus avoiding the danger.
A narrow gauge railway, unusually of World War I German construction, used diesel locomotives and wagons to convey ammunition, materials and provisions across the island.

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Into the ammo stores

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Friendly cave spider in here

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No idea what this thing was?

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This sloped ramp was a radar station

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Thats about it from here as we boarded our boat for what was fortunately a much smoother ride back

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We almost stayed dry too till this caught us while waiting to re-enter the harbour lol

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Thanks For Looking
Thank you for this. I’ve just seen a programme on tv related to flat holm. Having a holiday home in Brean we can also see steep holm. Your photos are so interesting
 

Bikin Glynn

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Thank you for this. I’ve just seen a programme on tv related to flat holm. Having a holiday home in Brean we can also see steep holm. Your photos are so interesting
Thanks it is a great place worth a visit for sure
 

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