Field Visit
Date 19 July 2017
Event ID 1042598
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1042598
Nothing is visible in an area now occupied by the M8 motorway and modern housing of a Second World War heavy anti-aircraft battery which is recorded on contemporary RAF vertical aerial photography. Images taken on 1 May 1941 show the site as a temporary emplacement (M/065/A309/2607). A later image (CAM/022 AJ829-30), taken on 29 June 1942, provides evidence that the site had been developed into a permanent site, though the expansion of the adjoining Renfrew Airfield in late 1942 and early 1943 resulted in its removal (Smith 1983). It was one of at least 43 such batteries that were constructed to protect the industries in the centre of Glasgow and along the banks of the River Clyde from aerial attack by the Luftwaffe.
Visited by HES, Survey and Recording (ATW, ARG) 19 July 2017.
