Inchcolm, Battery
Battery (18th Century)
Site Name Inchcolm, Battery
Classification Battery (18th Century)
Canmore ID 50888
Site Number NT18SE 26
NGR NT 19178 82593
NGR Description NT 19178 82593 and NT 19280 82522
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/50888
- Council Fife
- Parish Aberdour (Dunfermline)
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Dunfermline
- Former County Fife
NT18SE 26 19 82
For 20th century Coast batteries on Inchcolm see NT18SE 22.00
Armed by March 1915; 2 x 6" guns and lighter weapons in 1918.
N H Clark 1986.
Battery and barracks established 1795; maintained into early 19th century.
A Saunders 1984.
Note (8 September 2014)
Two batteries are shown on the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch maps (Fifeshire).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 8 September 2014.
