World War II Structures, near coast in a field, to west side of Nicholsons Road, Kilkeel, Newry, Co Down

Tall two–stage wall (A) aligned W-E, one fielded from the sea, parallel with the coast between Slatemill Road and Nicholson’s Road. To its west is a single storey shelter (B). (A) Red brick in construction, first stage is 200mm thick and second stage is 100mm thick. At either end it is terminated in plain end buttresses and is supported on its landward side by four three stage buttresses, the lowest stage of each being embanked in earth. Its seaward side is abutted to left and right by a tall brick wall, each of which is supported by a two stage buttress. Each abutting wall becomes ruinous to its seaward end. (B) Single storey / single bay structure, rectangular in plan. Flat concrete roof has been replaced with a mono-pitched corrugated metal one on a raised concrete block wall-head. Brick walls (200mm thick), with a single door on NE wall. All other walls blank.