Meall Na Lice Duibhe
Gun Emplacement (Second World War)
Site Name Meall Na Lice Duibhe
Classification Gun Emplacement (Second World War)
Alternative Name(s) Loch Ewe Defences, Light Anti-aircraft Battery
Canmore ID 331168
Site Number NG89SW 21
NGR NG 84000 92464
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/331168
- Council Highland
- Parish Gairloch
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Field Visit (7 May 2013)
Located on the W side of a metalled track leading up from the sewage works at Leacan Donna is a light anti-aircraft battery. A stoney circular platform on which the gun was placed lies atop a low knoll. A possible second gun platform may lie immediately to the S but this may be a natural feature, as it lacks a stony base and may be a hollow in the peat created by wind erosion. Below and to the E of the knoll are three concrete hut bases. The S most base is a toilet block. Further down hill and adjacent to the W side of the track are a further three concrete hut bases. To have six huts at this location may suggest that two guns were located here. Most light anti-aircraft batteries around Loch Ewe have three huts associated with them.
Visited by RCAHMS (AKK) 7 May 2013.