Inverkip, Hms Dalriada, Gun Operations Room
Operations Block (20th Century)
Site Name Inverkip, Hms Dalriada, Gun Operations Room
Classification Operations Block (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Clyde Aa Defences; Square Wood
Canmore ID 185535
Site Number NS27SW 51
NGR NS 2155 7200
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/185535
- Council Inverclyde
- Parish Inverkip
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Inverclyde
- Former County Renfrewshire
NS27SW 51 2155 7200
The post-war Gun Operations Room (GOR) is situated to the E of Inverkip in Square Wood between the railway and the Langhouse Hotel. A large concrete building, possibly two storey with one level below ground and the remains of radio mast bases were recorded on the date of visit. One smaller building, possibly the engine room, was noted to the NW adjacent to the road. The current OS 1:10000 map (1978) depicts several masts within a large enclosure which surrounds the building.
The Gun Operations Room was built around 1950-1 and was later used by the Royal Navy (RNR) during 1964-5 and named HMS Dalriada. The World War II GOR was probably situated in Langhouse.
J Guy 2001; NMRS MS 810/11, Part 2, 90-1; Vol.2 (appendix), 7