FOR years it has stood as an evocative reminder of the days when Yorkshire’s East Coast faced up to German aggression. But now the East Coast landmark looks set to fall victim to a far more insidious opponent – coastal erosion. [watch video]

The artillery battery that sits on the clifftops near Aldbrough was more than 300ft from the edge when it was built in 1943 to stop shells being fired from enemy ships at Hull.

But by 2000, as the images show, the heavily reinforced gun  emplacements had collapsed into the sea, leaving the tunnels used to carry the shells hanging over the edge. (more…)