Shieldhall
Searchlight Battery (Second World War)
Site Name Shieldhall
Classification Searchlight Battery (Second World War)
Alternative Name(s) Ops No 1940 C232 (Pko21a)
Canmore ID 360156
Site Number NS56NW 571
NGR NS 524 654
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/360156
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Govan (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
Note (17 October 2018)
Nothing can be seen in an area now occupied by housing of a World War Two searchlight emplacement which is possibly visible on an RAF air photograph (CAM/038 11882) taken on 19 April 1943 and also 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.
