Duntocher
Anti Aircraft Battery (20th Century)
Site Name Duntocher
Classification Anti Aircraft Battery (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) N5; Clyde Aa Defences; Mountblow
Canmore ID 119883
Site Number NS47SE 81
NGR NS 4910 7305
NGR Description Centred NS 4910 7305
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/119883
- Council West Dunbartonshire
- Parish Old Kilpatrick (Clydebank)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydebank
- Former County Dunbartonshire
NS47SE 81 centred 4910 7305
A four gun-emplacement battery and accommodation camp was situated immediately N of Hillend Crescent and each side of Farm Road., now demolished and the site subsequently built over by post-war housing. The four gun-emplacements are visible on vertical air photographs, (RAF CPE/Scot/UK/276, 5169-70, flown 1947) along with the remains of the GL-mat (gun-laying radar) and accommodation camp.
Information from RCAHMS (DE) July 1997
This World War II heavy anti-aircraft battery was situated on the E side of Farm Road in an area now covered by post-war housing.
The battery was armed with four 3.7-inch guns.
J Guy 2001; NMRS MS 810/11, Part 3, 205-6.
