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Aberdeen, Queen's Links, Artillery Battery
Coastal Battery (19th Century)
Site Name Aberdeen, Queen's Links, Artillery Battery
Classification Coastal Battery (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Footdee; Aberdeen Bay; Aberdeen Esplanade; Aberdeen Beach
Canmore ID 204749
Site Number NJ90NE 90
NGR NJ 9541 0658
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/204749
- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Aberdeen
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District City Of Aberdeen
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ90NE 90 9541 0658
See also:
NJ90NE 19 NJ 9570 0578 Pocra Quay, Blockhouse
NJ90NE 22.00 NJ 965 056 Torry Battery
NJ90NE 26 NJ 969 052 Girdle Ness, Battery
NJ90NE 211 NJ c. 9577 0594 Footdee, Battery
For summary of coast defence works around Aberdeen, see under NJ90NE 22.00.
Nothing is visible of this artillery battery, which stood on what is now the esplanade at Aberdeen Bay. The battery is depicted on both the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch map (Aberdeenshire 1869, sheet lxxv; 1902, sheet lxxv.SE)
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 25 June 1996.
This battery dates from 1860 and was built under an agreement of 1858 agreement together with that on Torry Point (NJ90NE 22.00).
[Aberdeen City Council 2003].
