Gallanachmore, Xdo Post
Observation Post (20th Century), Rocket Projector Battery (Second World War)
Site Name Gallanachmore, Xdo Post
Classification Observation Post (20th Century), Rocket Projector Battery (Second World War)
Alternative Name(s) Oban Defences; Gallanachmore Caravan Site
Canmore ID 185071
Site Number NM82NW 166
NGR NM 82889 27397
NGR Description and NM 8292 2736
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/185071
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kilmore And Kilbride
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NM82NW 166 82889 27397
This World War II Extended Defence Officers Post (XDO) is situated about 50m SE of Gallanachmore Cottage in what is now Gallanachmore Caravan Site. It is annotated as 'Lookout Tower' on the current edition of the OS 1:2500 and 1:10000 scale maps (1976).
It is a large concrete tower with a pointed top with an electrical contactor room. The tower was the control position for the submarine minefield placed across the Sound of Kerrera. The contactor room still has some of the original equipment in situ and within the tower, part of the 'basket', where the duty officer would once have stood, is still there. The former engine room is now in use as a toilet.
J Guy 2001; NMRS NMRS MS 810/11, Part 1, 10--11, Vol.2 (appendix), 1
Note (4 May 2022)
The Pillbox Study Group report the approximate location of a Naval Radiator UP rocket battery c.47m SE of the ExDO post. Submitted by PSG member John Guy.
Information from Pillbox Study Group 4 May 2022
