Listing Type : Coastal Battery
Location : England
Culver Battery was first proposed in 1887 but was actually built between 1904 and 1906. The battery was constructed with a Twydall Profile and mounted two 9.2-inch Mark X guns on Mark V Mounts. In 1922 the Mark V mounts were upgraded to Mark VI mounts.
The battery was decommissioned in 1956.
The Fort Log from David Moore of Victorian Forts can be seen here.
(1939 image of Culver Battery, http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/epw062534 Black and white image of the shell recess by War Office official photographer, Malindine E G (Lt) – http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//40/media-40228/large.jpgThis is photograph H 3246 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums, Public Domain.)