Archaeology Notes
Event ID 733815
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
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NT18SE 22 centred 188 825
NT18SE 22.01 NT 19147 82677 and NT 19225 82549 Coast Battery
NT18SE 22.02 NT 19190 82582 and NT 18814 82412 Coast Battery
NT18SE 22.03 centred NT 19200 82570 Coast Battery
NT18SE 22.04 NT 1878 8240 Coast Battery
NT18SE 22.05 NT 19159 82616 and NT 19154 82582 Coast Battery
NT18SE 22.06 centred NT 1880 8250 Military camp
NT18SE 22.07 NT 1871 8241 Gun-emplacement
NT18SE 22.08 NT 19235 82503 and NT 19109 82589 Searchlight Battery
NT18SE 22.09 NT 19163 82700 Searchlight Battery
NT18SE 22.10 NT 19157 82577 Coast Battery
NT18SE 22.11 NT 19177 82585 Tunnel
NT18SE 22.12 centred NT 19019 82693 Military Camp
NT18SE 22.13 NT 19113 82648 Engine House
NT18SE 22.14 NT 19196 82659 Naval Establishment
The remains of several First and Second World War batteries survive on Incholm.
J Guy 1994; NMRS, MS/810/3; PRO WO/192/254.
NT 188 824 and NT 191 826 A watching brief was undertaken in October 2002 on the hilltop during a clearance operation, followed by the partial excavation of a gun emplacement overlooking the Forth in the SW quadrant. The excavation of the gun emplacement suggests that the main structure is broadly intact with relatively little degeneration of the concrete and brick.
Archive to be deposited in the NMRS.
Sponsor: HS
G Ewart 2003
Redfern (Redfern 1998) only notes one battery on Inchcolm, the 12-pounder/6-pounder.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), March 2005
NT 189 826 Monitoring and recording was carried out between January and March 2004 during rubble clearance within the ruins of WW1 and WW2 military structures (see DES 2003, 76). The need for remedial work came from an examination of the old military tunnel that cuts under the hill top at the E end of the island. This WW1 construction contains a vertical shaft at its midpoint, measuring 2.75m along its N-S axis with a width of 2.45m. The shaft had a visible height of 4.95m, at which point it was covered over with large iron plates. The concrete slab over the iron plates sealing the shaft was in reasonable condition and did not seem to be on the verge of collapse.
Archive to be deposited in the NMRS.
Sponsor: HS.
D Stewart 2004.
