World War One Audit of Surviving Remains
Date 22 August 2013
Event ID 963501
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type World War One Audit of Surviving Remains
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/963501
The "Coastguard" Battery was begun on 21 June 1900 but construction was halted after the report on recommendations for defending the new naval base at Rosyth. It was re-introduced as part of the defences at the request of the Admiralty in March 1908. After the reworking of the Forth defences in 1916-17 Coastguard battery, with its two 12-pdr Quick Firing guns, was the only remaining armed battery in the Inner defences of the Forth. The original 12-pdrs were replaced by newer guns from Inchgarvie.
In 1916 a map on file WO 78/4396 recorded that the boundary of the battery and the apporach to the guns from the seashore was obstructed by barbed wire.
After the war the Coastguard battery was retained for drill and practice. Only fragmentary building footings survive. The DEL emplacements at NT13480 80228 survive as a foundation and NT 134941 80274 appear to be still complete.
Information from HS/RCAHMS World War One Audit Project (GJB) 202 August 2013.
