Forth Defences, Middle, Inchmickery Battery, No.1 Gun Searchlight Battery
Searchlight Battery (Second World War)
Site Name Forth Defences, Middle, Inchmickery Battery, No.1 Gun Searchlight Battery
Classification Searchlight Battery (Second World War)
Alternative Name(s) Forth Defences
Canmore ID 302860
Site Number NT28SW 1.06
NGR NT 2073 8050
NGR Description Centred NT 2073 8050
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/302860
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
Five searchlights were associated with No.1 Gun (NT28SW 1.01) but a plan of 1916 shows proposed positions for one searchlight emplacement at the S end of the island, and therefore one may be of First World War date (see NT28SW 1.11).
The emplacements are for two types of searchlights. One type allows the searchlight to be traversed to follow a target; the other kind projects fixed beams into an area on which the guns were already pre-targeted.
Information from HS/RCAHMS World War One Audit Project (GJB) 19 August 2013
NT28SW 1.06 centred 2073 8050
A short visit was made to the island in late February 2010 by RCAHMS to undertake a rapid photographic survey.
This searchlight battery consists of five seachlight emplacements which are situated on the SE end of the island. The searchlights are numbered one to five on a War Office plan. The searchlights are associated with No.1 Gun (NT28SW 1.01).
Immediately to the rear are several buildings formerly used as stores, NAAFI quarters, living accommodation and general use.
Visited by RCAHMS (DE, AL), February 2010
