Raithhill
Searchlight Battery (Second World War)
Site Name Raithhill
Classification Searchlight Battery (Second World War)
Alternative Name(s) Ops No 1940 C431 (Pko71)
Canmore ID 360137
Site Number NS44NE 63
NGR NS 485 465
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/360137
- Council East Ayrshire
- Parish Fenwick
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kilmarnock And Loudoun
- Former County Ayrshire
Note (17 October 2018)
Nothing can be seen in an area now occupied by improved pasture fields and the narrow flood plain of the Kingswell Burn 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.
