Ben Salter's photos with the keyword: defences

Relics from WWll. Lewis Machine Gun positions looking out towards Weston-Super-Mare.

A view out of one of the rooms surrounding the gun pits

On the outbreak of World War II the fort was rearmed with two 6 inches (15 cm) ex-naval guns and two searchlight batteries. The site was also used as a test launch site for rockets and experimental weapons.

Two gun positions were built to mount the ex-naval guns in their turrets. These were later protected with a "plastic" anti-aircraft roof. One position was built over the ruins of the old west battery and the other partly obscures the north west battery.

Lookout at Brean's WW2 fort

An old steel shutter at Brean Down fort