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view from inside fire control shack showing the inner portion of the metal fire control brackets with slidable wooden boards.

view looking toward front of fire control shack. Mounting brackets for the control/fuse box can be seen to the right. The mortars and crews would be observable from the small vision squares.

close up of a mortar pit/foundation. Four of these beasties would be cited per concrete enclave, in a square pattern.

The concrete structure that surrounds the front and sides of the mortar battery is hollowed out to provide a protected magazine. The metal rails in the ceiling are embedded steel beams used to hoist up and move the large mortar shells.

inside one of the smaller sub-chambers of the mortar battery is this ladder. It goes up to the top of the embankment to a small observation post.

at the next mortar battery was a fire coordinates indcator in a little better shape from the previous one....markings still visible.

Mortar battery Powell. You can just make out the mortars themselves in the pic. All gone now. [:(]

Sealed command post next to Battery Powell.

The door may be sealed, but someone appears to have left a vent into the command post open from this sub-chamber of the mortar battery. You don't think the photographer would crawl into that dark hole there do you?

Yes.....yes he would.

inside the not so sealed command post. Despite the pitch dark surroundings (outside of flashlight) This handy camera does a pretty good job.

Deeper inside the command post. You can just make out a small room containing another ladder access that goes up about 50 feet to the top of the embankment where another small observation post is nestled.

Not much to see admitedly. The US Army is depressingly thorough in removing anything useful leaving just wooden debris, a few wires and concrete walls.

corridor heading toward the sealed entrance to the command post. Some old pipeworks are still in place.

For some strange reason....GF mark I unit opted to stay outside and not partake of crawling through small hole in concrete wall. Guard dog keeps watch for spies.

Having caught a spy cloaked in black....GF unit and guard dog conduct a field interagation.

One of the magazine spaces for the last mortar battery pit contained these long rows of wooden boxes. Odd.

Picture says it all

Building 409

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