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Dumbarton And Old Kilpatrick

Bomb Crater(S) (20th Century)

Site Name Dumbarton And Old Kilpatrick

Classification Bomb Crater(S) (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Auchenreoch Decoy Site

Canmore ID 291876

Site Number NS47NW 70

NGR NS 41997 78096

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council West Dunbartonshire
  • Parish Dumbarton
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Dumbarton
  • Former County Dunbartonshire

Archaeology Notes

NS47NW 70 41997 78096 and 41934 78173

A possible bomb crater has been identified from oblique aerial photographs taken in September 2007 (RCAHMS 2007), and are situated on moorland bounded by Murroch Glen, Auchenreoch Glen and Square Wood. Two craters are depicted on the OS 1:2500 digital maps as 'ponds', both being filled with water. The largest of the craters has an approximate diameter of 10m, the other to the N measures about 9m.

The bomb craters form part of a group of at least eight bomb craters noted on vertical air photographs taken in 1949 (58/A/419: 5199, 5200) flown on 19 June 1949).

Information from RCAHMS (DE), December 2007

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Note (12 April 2017)

Additional 103 bomb craters have been identified from RAF vertical air photography in map square NS47NW. Most of them are located between Dumbarton and Bonhill east of A813.

Information from HES (AL) 12 April 2017.

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