New Battery and High Down Test Site, The Needles

architectural structure in Totland, Isle of Wight, England, UK

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site, test facility, artillery battery, The Needles Battery, United Kingdom

• Historic England scheduled monument^@
• Solent Papers 2: The Needles Defences^@

Location: 50.66150644, -1.57790969, ///tango.jingles.dripping, Google, Bing, Aerial View, OldMapsOnline, ESRI Imagery, Historic Markers, KML, NLS, OS,  eDoB, 

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9.2 inch gun and crew at Needles New Battery 07-08-1941 IWM H 12512

Coastal Defence 1939 - 1945 H12525

Gunners run to take post at a 9.2-inch coastal defence gun at the Needles Battery on the Isle of Wight, 7 August 1941. H12512

Needles New Battery (geograph 4362502)

Needles New Battery (geograph 5447805)

New Needles Battery - Isle of Wight 1

New Needles Battery - Isle of Wight 2

New Needles Battery - Isle of Wight 3

Rocket Control Room HDR

Shell handling at Needles New Battery 07-08-1941 IWM H 12525

The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-1945 H12516

The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-1945 H12518

Totland - New Battery and High Down Test Site, The Needles - 20220310132138

Totland - New Battery and High Down Test Site, The Needles - 20220310132253

Totland - New Battery and High Down Test Site, The Needles - 20220310133005

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Type	Date	Description	Keywords	Notes	Source
link		Historic England scheduled monument@			Wikidata
link		Solent Papers 2: The Needles Defences@			Wikidata
vessel	1955	SS Shieldhall	tripadvisor		Wikidata
fort	1937	Bouldnor Battery			Wikidata
fort	1545	Brownsea Castle			Wikidata
fort	1539	Calshot Castle	tripadvisor		Wikidata
fort	1868	Cliff End Battery			Wikidata
fort		East Cowes Castle			Wikidata
fort	1856	Fort Albert			Wikidata
fort		Fort Victoria	tripadvisor		Wikidata
fort	1856	Freshwater Redoubt			Wikidata
fort	1863	Golden Hill Fort			Wikidata
fort	1869	Hatherwood Battery			Wikidata
fort	1541	Hurst Castle	tripadvisor		Wikidata
fort	1542	Netley Castle			Wikidata
fort	1863	Sandown Barrack Battery	tripadvisor		Wikidata
fort	1862	Warden Point Battery			Wikidata
fort	1539	West Cowes Castle			Wikidata
fort	1547	Yarmouth Castle	tripadvisor		Wikidata
museum	1861	The Needles Battery	tripadvisor		Wikidata
museum		The Wight Military And Heritage Museum	tripadvisor		Wikidata
walls		Southampton town walls	tripadvisor		Wikidata
walls		Town wall W of Thames Street			Wikidata
image	1941	9.2 inch gun and crew at Needles New Battery 07-08-1941 IWM H 12512			Wikimedia
image	1941	Coastal Defence 1939 - 1945 H12525			Wikimedia
image		Gunners run to take post at a 9.2-inch coastal defence gun at the Needles Battery on the Isle of Wight, 7 August 1941. H12512			Wikimedia
image	2015	Needles New Battery (geograph 4362502)			Wikimedia
image	2015	Needles New Battery (geograph 5447805)			Wikimedia
image	2017	New Needles Battery - Isle of Wight 1			Wikimedia
image	2017	New Needles Battery - Isle of Wight 2			Wikimedia
image	2017	New Needles Battery - Isle of Wight 3			Wikimedia
image	2020	Rocket Control Room HDR			Wikimedia
image	1941	Shell handling at Needles New Battery 07-08-1941 IWM H 12525			Wikimedia
image		The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-1945 H12516			Wikimedia
image		The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-1945 H12518			Wikimedia
image	2022	Totland - New Battery and High Down Test Site, The Needles - 20220310132138			Wikimedia
image	2022	Totland - New Battery and High Down Test Site, The Needles - 20220310132253			Wikimedia
image	2022	Totland - New Battery and High Down Test Site, The Needles - 20220310133005			Wikimedia
image	2022	Totland - New Battery and High Down Test Site, The Needles - 20220310133416			Wikimedia
image	2022	Totland - New Battery and High Down Test Site, The Needles - 20220317213749			Wikimedia