Queenzieburn
Searchlight Battery (Second World War)
Site Name Queenzieburn
Classification Searchlight Battery (Second World War)
Alternative Name(s) Ops No 1940 C222 (Pko31a)
Canmore ID 360136
Site Number NS67NE 50
NGR NS 688 772
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/360136
- Council North Lanarkshire
- Parish Kilsyth (North Lanarkshire)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cumbernauld And Kilsyth
- Former County Stirlingshire
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.
