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Ballagan
Searchlight Battery (Second World War)
Site Name Ballagan
Classification Searchlight Battery (Second World War)
Alternative Name(s) Ops No 1940 C141 (Pko15)
Canmore ID 359997
Site Number NS48SW 48
NGR NS 405 838
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/359997
- Council West Dunbartonshire
- Parish Kilmaronock (Dumbarton)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Dumbarton
- Former County Dunbartonshire
Note (17 October 2018)
Nothing can be seen in an area now occupied by improved pasture fields of a World War Two searchlight emplacement which is noted in a document held by The National Archives at Kew (WO 166/7369). It was one of about 150 searchlight batteries that were constructed to protect the industries in the centre of Glasgow and along the banks of the River Clyde from aerial attack by the Luftwaffe during WWII.
Information from HES, Survey and Recording (ATW, AKK) 17 October 2018.
