Wemyss Bay, Wemyss Plantation
Anti Aircraft Battery (20th Century)
Site Name Wemyss Bay, Wemyss Plantation
Classification Anti Aircraft Battery (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Cd58a; As7; Clyde Postwar Aa Defences
Canmore ID 107527
Site Number NS17SE 7
NGR NS 193 704
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/107527
- Council Inverclyde
- Parish Inverkip
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Inverclyde
- Former County Renfrewshire
NS17SE 7 193 704
This post-war anti-aircraft battery has been demolished and a new housing estate built on the site.
Information from J Guy September 1996
One of five heavy 5.25-inch anti-aircraft batteries built around Glasgow. Built between 1951-2, the battery was a fully automated radar controlled unit with four emplacements. Records show that the guns were disposed of for scrap in July 1956 to McConnels of Coatbridge.
Information from Mr J A Guy, May 1999
Recorded as part of Mr Guy survey, on the date of visit nothing of this site could be found. The post-war 5.25-inch gun-emplacements were built on the site of an earlier World War II heavy anti-aircraft battery.
J Guy 2001; NMRS MS 810/11, Part 1, 56-7.
Field Visit (27 September 2019)
No. 2 Ardgowan Road (NS 19521 70229) and No. 4 Ardgowan Road (NS 19497 70235) are converted post-war military buildings that originally provided accommodation for personnel associated with this short-lived, post-war anti-aircraft battery.
(Visited by HES (ATW, AKK), 27 September 2019)
