Charles Hill Battery
Anti Aircraft Battery (20th Century)
Site Name Charles Hill Battery
Classification Anti Aircraft Battery (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Forth Defences
Canmore ID 271293
Site Number NT18SE 27.05
NGR NT 18569 83716
NGR Description NT 18569 83716 & NT 18592 83784
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/271293
- Council Fife
- Parish Dalgety
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Dunfermline
- Former County Fife
NT18SE 27.05 c.1858 8378
The mounting for a fixed rocket projectile unit is situated about 117m SW of the gun-emplacement.
It consists of a large circular slightly domed concrete platform with a circle of bolts (holdfast) in the centre.
J Guy 1994; NMRS MS 810/3, 102
Field Visit (25 July 2022)
Defence against air attack at Charles Hill was provided by rockets, and two launching pads for these, set some 70m apart, have been identified on the summit of the promontory, close to the E end. One is situated immediately N of the W end of the building that overlies the Monk’s Cave at NT 18569 83716; the other lies 43m W of the searchlight battery NT18SE 27.02 at NT 18592 83784.
Both launch pads comprise a raft of concrete measuring about 4.6m in diameter. However, because of a cover of turf, the ring of bolts at the centre of each (which originally secured the rocket launcher and were referred to in a previous report) were obscured.
Visited by HES Archaeological Survey (J. Sherriff; A. McCaig) 25 July 2022.
