North Queensferry, Forth Defences, Inner, Carlingnose Battery
Military Camp (20th Century), Military Camp (First World War), Trench (First World War)
Site Name North Queensferry, Forth Defences, Inner, Carlingnose Battery
Classification Military Camp (20th Century), Military Camp (First World War), Trench (First World War)
Alternative Name(s) Forth Defences; Carlingnose Barracks; World War 1
Canmore ID 271402
Site Number NT18SW 105.03
NGR NT 1326 8077
NGR Description Centred NT 1326 8077 and NT 13470 80935
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/271402
- Council Fife
- Parish Inverkeithing
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Dunfermline
- Former County Fife
NT18SW 105.03 centred 1326 8077
The site of the Carlingnose Barracks and the later gun battery accommodation camp was situated immediately NW of the gun-emplacements and magazine.
All evidence of the huts have been removed by a small housing development.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), May 2001
Note (22 August 2013)
A number of building are shown on a War Department map (The National Archives WO 78/4396), dated 28 May 1916, annotated 'Barracks'. They occupy much of the area within the battery boundary. A modern housing estate occupies the military camp.
A length of trench may still survive in an area of open ground (NT 13470 80935) which formed partr of the battery defences on the E side.
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 22 August 2013.
Project (March 2013 - September 2013)
A project to characterise the quantity and quality of the Scottish resource of known surviving remains of the First World War. Carried out in partnership between Historic Scotland and RCAHMS.
