Gun Emplacement - Giant's Hill - Rampton, Cambridgeshire
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N 52° 17.485 E 000° 05.784
31U E 301984 N 5797422
A World War II gun emplacement stands in the middle of the castle mound (called Giant's Hill) on the edge of Rampton village.
Waymark Code: WM11P2N
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/24/2019
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Giant’s Hill was built for war but the only military installation on the castle mound was built over 800 years later, during World War 2. The concrete base you can see is a gun emplacement built by the Home Guard, under Major Gordon Fowler (an enthusiastic amateur archaeologist) and under the supervision of Cambridge University.
"During the Second World War the castle was utilised as a gun emplacement by the Home Guard and a one metre diameter concrete pier was set into the top of the motte near the south-western corner. A ditch 1m wide by 0.5m deep surrounds the emplacement; brick and stone foundations of buildings dating back at least to the 15th century were observed while this was being dug."
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