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Forth Defences, Middle, Inchcolm, Kent Battery, 12-pdr Battery
Coastal Battery (Second World War)
Site Name Forth Defences, Middle, Inchcolm, Kent Battery, 12-pdr Battery
Classification Coastal Battery (Second World War)
Canmore ID 332100
Site Number NT18SE 22.10
NGR NT 19157 82577
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/332100
- Council Fife
- Parish Aberdour (Dunfermline)
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Dunfermline
- Former County Fife
In 1939, when the island was re-armed, two 12-pdr guns were mounted in what was the site of one of the two 6-inch gun emplacements (see NT18SE 22.05). This battery was named the Kent battery, in honour of the Duke of Kent, who visited the island at that time.
Information from HS/RCAHMS World War One Audit Project (GJB) 15 August 2013.
