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Garelochhead, Admiralty Research Laboratory

Building(S) (20th Century), Military Camp (20th Century), Military Installation (20th Century), Scientific Research Establishment (20th Century)

Site Name Garelochhead, Admiralty Research Laboratory

Classification Building(S) (20th Century), Military Camp (20th Century), Military Installation (20th Century), Scientific Research Establishment (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Garelochhead Military Training Area; Strone House; Mod Training Camp

Canmore ID 162574

Site Number NS29SE 9

NGR NS 2655 9030

NGR Description Centred NS 2655 9030

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Argyll And Bute
  • Parish Rhu
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Dumbarton
  • Former County Dunbartonshire

Archaeology Notes

NS29SE 9 centred 2655 9030

Depot [NAT]

OS 1:10,000 map, 1977.

Not to be confused with military accommodation camp for the WW II Heavy Anti-Aircraft battery, centred at NS 2603 9008, for which see NS29SE 6, or Garelochhead Military Training Camp (centred NS 2450 9025), for which see NS29SW 27.

For adjacent Garelochhead Military Training Area, see NS29SE 7.

For Ardgartan Forest military training area (centred NN 23 02), see NN20SW 9.

Admiralty Research Laboratory incorporating the Admiralty Hydrobalistic Research Establishment (ARLE, ARE and DRA) in Glen Fruin. The concrete and brick buildings include a water entry test tank for bombs and torpedoes with a capacity for 250,000 gallons of water measuring 150ft x 30ft x 40ft with associated rigs. Also noted at the site were work shops, offices and several supplementary buildings including a filter house.

Infromation from Defence of Britain Project recording form, (J Locock and R Willis), April1998

The World War II Torpedo Testing Station is situated to the NW of Strone House. There are several buildings and water tanks extant and the site is now used by Territorial Army units.

J Guy 2001; NMRS MS 810/11, Part 2, 123-4

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