Archaeology Notes

Event ID 831352

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT18SE 25.01 17904 83439 and 17877 83405

Two large concrete and brick gun-emplacements are situated at the top of the steep slope above Braefoot Bay. Both emplacements face SE and have large sloping concrete aprons, arc in plan, measuring to a maximum of 7.4m diameter.

The curtain wall between the two emplacements is about 25m in length. Depth from the rear of the apron to the floor of emplacement is 2.2m. On the NE and SW edges of both aprons are four notches possibly barrel rests.

Diameter of the holdfast for the 9.2-inch guns is approximately 4.10m and the diameter of the rusted bolts is 8cm, one or two still retain their fixing nuts.

The rear face of the curtain wall is pierced with ready-use ammunition lockers and recsses and immediately in front of the holdfast and set into the face of the curtain wall are a series of metal rings.

A tramway still in situ runs from the rear of the gun-emplacements to the magazine (NT18SE 25.03).

Two stone built flat roofed buildings, probably crews shelters or workshops (NT17863 83418 and NT 17864 83429), are situated 23m NW of the southern gun-emplacement

Visited by RCAHMS (DE), March 2005