Archaeology Notes

Event ID 699550

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NS27NE 40 258 779

NS27NE 40.01 NS 25679 77143 Anti Aircraft Battery

NS27NE 40.02 NS 2574 7687 Trenches; Pillboxes

NS27NE 40.03 NS 2539 7722 Trenches; Machine Gun Posts

NS27NE 40.04 NS 25485 77745 Trenches; Pillboxes

Built 1812; dismantled 1820.

D Weir 1829.

Constructed in 1815 on land gifted to the War Department. 1901 rebuilt to accept 2 4.7-inch guns (see NS27NE 96). 1817 guns dismounted but site remains Head Quarters of commader of Clyde Defences. In World War II continues as HQ Clyde Defences. Abandoned in the late 1940's.

J Dorman and J Guy 2010.