Merrylees
Anti Aircraft Battery (20th Century), Military Camp (20th Century)
Site Name Merrylees
Classification Anti Aircraft Battery (20th Century), Military Camp (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Rsg3; Forth Aa Defences; Philipstown
Canmore ID 127659
Site Number NT07NW 97
NGR NT 0460 7790
NGR Description Centred NT 0460 7790
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/127659
- Council West Lothian
- Parish Linlithgow
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District West Lothian
- Former County West Lothian
NT07NW 97 Centred 0460 7790
The remains of a heavy anti-aircraft battery are visible on vertical air photographs (visible on RAF CPE/Scot/UK/216, 3025-6, flown 1947), situated in a field immediately S of Merrylees and N of the M9 motorway. Identified from the air photographs are the following elements of the battery; a four gun emplacement with command position to the NE, the GL-mat (radar platform) to the E and the accommodation camp immediately to the W. What may be further accommodation buildings lie some 300m to the S.
The battery consisted of four 3.7-inch mobile AA guns later altered to static. The battery was designated RSG 3 by the War Office.
The site is now occupied by a small industrial unit.
Information from RCAHMS (AK) 9 March 1998
