Archaeology Notes

Event ID 819930

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/819930

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A group of huts with a tall structure has been identified from a post-war RAF vertical air photograph (CPE/Scot/UK 261, 3221, flown 13 August 1947. The Defence of Britain Project recording form states that this is a 'coastal battery'.

Information from RCAHMS, (DE), Janaury 2002 and Defence of Britain recording form, Mr A Weir, 1996

Several concrete platforms one of which has two holdfasts on it with the remains of other structures, possibly for Unrotating Projectile (UP) installations.

Information pers comm Mr A Weir, 21 July 2009