Walk Haw Champer, Cumbria

Fort Walney Tower

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Walney's coastal defences were constructed in 1911 for the Lancashire and Cheshire Royal Garrison Artillery prior to this it being a battery post from 1881. The last use of the Fort Walney Tower itself before it was boarded up was for that of the Walney Coastguard.

Uploaded to Geograph by Rude Health on 13 August 2014

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