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Rosskeen
Anti Aircraft Battery (20th Century)
Site Name Rosskeen
Classification Anti Aircraft Battery (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Ing2; Invergordon
Canmore ID 116669
Site Number NH66NE 89
NGR NH 6787 6915
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/116669
- Council Highland
- Parish Rosskeen
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH66NE 89 6787 6915
An anti-aircraft battery has been identified from vertical air photographs (RAF 106G/Scot/UK 112, flown 1946), 150m NW of the symbol stone (NH66NE 12) which lies immediately to the N of the B817 public road from Alness to Invergordon. The battery consisted of four 3.7-inch guns, and the accomodation camp was situated both to the N and S of the gun emplacements.
Information from RCAHMS (DE) April 1997
Site visited - under barley.
CFA/MORA Coastal Assessment Survey 1998.
(NH 6785 7011) This heavy anti-aircraft battery was situated in a field to the N of the B817 road. No remains could be found on the date of visit. (the quoted NGR has been translated from the military Cassini grid system without reference to the air photographs)
J Guy 2000; NMRS MS 810/10, Vol.2, 64
