Allan Williams Turret, RAF Grantham/Spittlegate

Reference Name MLI125166

Name:
Allan Williams Turret, RAF Grantham/Spittlegate

Summary:
Former Second World War Allan Williams turret, defending the northern approach to RAF Grantham/Spittlegate.

Location:
LONDONTHORPE AND HARROWBY WITHOUT, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

Description:
A Second World War Allan Williams turret was recorded in this location. It would have defended the northern approach to RAF Grantham/Spittlegate. No trace of the structure can now be discerned in this area on the Google Maps aerial photographic layer, however, and the turret may have been removed. {1}{2}{3}

Sources:
1 Unpublished Document: Dr Mike Osborne. 1999. Defence of Britain Gazetteer. p.8
2 Digital Archive: Council for British Archaeology. 2006. Defence of Britain Archive. 5292
3 Internet Website: 2006->. Google Maps and Street View. www.google.co.uk/maps. Accessed 09/01/2018