Proceeding along the path from No.2 Gun Floor and past No.1 Gun Floor is a cemented area with seats and a brick wall. The seats were put there by the Local Council for the benefit of the general public. The brick wall formed the rear part of the Cookhouse or Emergency Cookhouse as it is describe in Public Records. This would probably have been used if there was an emergency and all the personnel were required to be in the near vicinity of their posts.

The construction of the Cookhouse held several iron stoves and all the necessary equipment required to supply meals for the adjacent personnel. The roof was corrugated iron. The cement slab seen in front of the Cookhouse and to the seaward side of the path, was one of the areas where the Dummy Loader practice was carried out.

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