Although no C17 surface features were found, this does not preclude the existence of important underground workings. The surviving surface features are of low importance. Action - notify County Archaeologist that undisturbed underground workings of major importance may survive; reassess in light of further evidence. An archaeological evaluation should be conditioned on any planning application affecting the site {2}.

Staiths on the Team (NZ 2317 6239)
Fields in the nook formed by Duckpool Lane and Cherrytree Drive offer an abrupt change in level between north and south and may indicate its route (NZ 2158 6164)
The Way can be seen as a shelf roughly following the contour on the north and west sides of Long Hill (NZ 1935 5893)

Heavy Anti Aircraft gunnery relied on large calibre guns intended to combat high flying aircraft. During WW2 this work was shared between five main types of weapon, ranging from a 3 inch 20 cwt gun, (the standard HAA waeapon during WW1 and used well into WW2) which could fire a shell to a height of 23,500 ft, up to a 5.25 inch Mk 2 gun, which could fire a shell up to 43,000 ft. Some of the first 5.25 inch batteries were positioned on the coast and had a dual coastal defence/anti-aircraft role. Until late 1940 virtually all HAA sites were temporary, consisting of earthwork gun pits and tented accomodation. Guns were generally mobile. As war progressed, these were replaced by permanent structures and static guns. A typical HAA gun site consisted of a command post (rectangular concrete or brick semi-sunken structure, often protected by earth banks), this was usually located at the centre of a 39.6m radius semi-circle of gun pits. There would also be one or two shelters, one for gun maintenance (limber gunner's shelter) and the other for the gun detachment. Ammunition was stored in magazines. Instruments and spare parts were kept in the gun store. Domestic HAA sites also had Nissen and timber huts, workshops and garages and often a sewage treatment plant.A concrete service road led from main gate via the magazine around the command post, with offshoots to each gun pit. In plan this gave the site a "four leaf clover" shape {"20th Century Defences in Britain, An Introductory Guide, Handbook of The Defence of Britain Project, 1995, pp 48-59}.

The site is largely inaccessible for excavation purposes as modern housing and gardens now cover part of the central area, southern bank and outer ditch. The front gardens, path and minor road adjacent to the motorway (A1058) cover the northern area and inner ditch. The extreme northern part of the site underlies part of the A1058 (Beach Road) motorway. However, it may be possible for a small exploration trench to be sunk close to the northern perimeter of the site {1}. Could this feature just be part of the HAA battery (HER 1919)?