Historic Concrete

@davethurlow
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Military history | Fortifications from Napoleonic era to WW2 | Nature and wildlife | Author - ‘Building the Gort Line’ and ‘Attack on Concrete’
Historic Concrete5d ago
tankarchives5d ago
The most famous variant of the Katyusha was based on the Studebaker US6 truck, but there were many other chassis including fully tracked ones. For instance, the STZ-5 NATI tractor with an M-13 MLRS was accepted into service #OTD in 1941. #artillery #history #WW2 #WWII
Historic Concrete5d ago
John Dal5d ago
These concrete cubes litter the beaches of Northumberland. They were built during WWII to delay enemy tanks in the event of an invasion across the N Sea. Seems a bit "Something must be done and this is something" kind of thing. However the level ones are good for having lunch off. #WW2 #Northumberland #Defence #BlackAndWhitePhotography #Photography
Historic Concrete6d ago
Another nice orchid seen at Alvor today was the Yellow Bee-orchid (Ophyrs lutea).
#nature #flowers #orchid
Historic Concrete6d ago
Mirror Orchid (Ophyrs speculum) Alvor, Portugal. Pollinated by a single species of scollid wasp, the flower resembling the female wasp. #nature #flowers #orchids
Historic ConcreteMar 6
Bowl Barrow (Neolithic - Bronze Age) in Tinstall Forest, Suffolk. It is prominently sighted on the crest of a small spur above a south facing slope. It survives as a mound, c.20m in diameter and 1.1m in height. Traces of the ditch dug to construct the barrow also remain. The term ‘bowl barrow’ refers to their resemblance to an upturned bowl. #history #ancienthistory #neolithic
Historic ConcreteMar 5
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g2284zx4jo
#coins #numismatics
Bury St Edmunds Iron Age coin hoard sells for more than £33,000

Finder Prof Tom Licence plans to use some of his share to fund archaeological work in eastern England.

BBC News
Historic ConcreteMar 5
Lessor Black-backed Gull ‘RHRF’, Havergate Island, Suffolk. Ringed there as a chick in 2016. Next sighting was El Jadifa, Morocco in March 2020, then seen back annually on Havergate since 2021. #nature #birds #gulls #birdmigration
Historic ConcreteFeb 23
Herring gull ‘VNF’. Ringed as a chick on Havergate Island, Suffolk, on 27.6.14. Recorded on Guernsey, Channel Islands, in Aug 2014 then the French Atlantic coast in Feb 2015 and the following two winters. Recorded back at Havergate in April 2017, were all subsequent sightings have been recorded except for a record from Dungeness, Kent on 03.03.18. #birds #gulls #birdmigration
Historic ConcreteFeb 22
#SilentSunday #nature #birds
Historic ConcreteFeb 20
Avocets feeding on one of the lagoons on Havergate Island with the Cold War landscape of Orfordness in the background. #birds #nature #coldwar #suffolk