Otter Ferry, Loch Fyne Anti-submarine Boom
Boom Defence (20th Century), Building (20th Century)
Site Name Otter Ferry, Loch Fyne Anti-submarine Boom
Classification Boom Defence (20th Century), Building (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Anti-submarine Boom Defence; Oitir
Canmore ID 205007
Site Number NR98SW 59
NGR NR 9264 8445
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/205007
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kilfinan
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR98SW 59 9264 8445
This concrete structure is situated at the top of the beach some 350m W of the Otter Ferry Inn. The building is probably the engine house to supply electrical power for the Boom Defence across Loch Fyne. The building measures about 4m by 4.6m with a large opening facing the beach. Leading into the water are at least seven small blocks which may have supported rails which held the landward (E) end of the anti-submarine boom. A pile of rails still survive alongside the structure.
Information from Defence of Britain Project recording form, North Clyde DoB Group, Mr and Mrs Locock, 1997.
