Archaeology Notes

Event ID 798057

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NH86NW 11.05 81034 66900 and 81052 66975

World War II gun-emplacements for 6-inch guns.

The World War II coast battery is situated on private land behind a fence. Probably the most complete battery in Scotland, was armed with 2 x 6-inch MkVII guns on CPII mountings in November 1939. The battery was placed on a care and maintenance basis in April 1945 and the guns were removed in 1956.

J Guy 2000; NMRS MS 810/10, Vol.2, 88; Public Record Office reference no. WO 192 247/248

The two brick and concrete WW II gun-emplacements are of slightly differing design. The S emplacement shows evidence of phasing in the construction whilst the N emplacement would appear to be of one build.

Steel re-inforcing has been used throughout. The gun pits on both emplacements were measured as having a diameter of about 3.80m.

Both gun-emplacements are visible on RAF vertical air photographs (106G/UK/751, 6035-6037, flown 31 August 1945).

Visited by RCAHMS (DE, GS. SW), August 2000