Fort William, Lundy, Civil Qf/ql Decoy
Decoy Site (20th Century)
Site Name Fort William, Lundy, Civil Qf/ql Decoy
Classification Decoy Site (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Gleann Domhanaidh; River Lundy
Canmore ID 277265
Site Number NN17NE 16
NGR NN 1548 7693
NGR Description Centred NN 1548 7693
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/277265
- Council Highland
- Parish Kilmonivaig
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
NN17NE 16 centred 1548 7693
A Civil QF/QL site for small fire and lighting decoys has been identified from vertical air photographs (CPE/Scot/UK 287, 3091-3092, flown 29 August 1947), within a walled enclosure (NN17NE 9) in Gleann Domhanaidh, about 4km NE of Fort William. The enclosure has been divided by a wall and all the shallow ditched fire burning areas are situated in the eastern half.
At least three shallow sub-oval ditched enclosures are visible on the 1947 photographs, one of which abuts and may cross the dividing N-S wall. The most northerly oval enclosure has been divided into two by an shallow E-W ditch.
The decoy site was constructed to draw bombing raids away from the aluminium works at Fort William.
Information from RCAHMS (DE, KM), November 2005
