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Forth Defences, Middle, Inchmickery Battery, No. 2 Gun Searchlight Battery
Searchlight Battery (Second World War)
Site Name Forth Defences, Middle, Inchmickery Battery, No. 2 Gun Searchlight Battery
Classification Searchlight Battery (Second World War)
Alternative Name(s) Forth Defences
Canmore ID 302861
Site Number NT28SW 1.07
NGR NT 2063 8062
NGR Description Centred NT 2063 8062
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/302861
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
This searchlight battery is situated on the NE and NW part of the island. Numbered six to ten on a War Office plan they are associated with the Second World War No.2 gun but a plan of 1916 shows proposed positions for four light emplacements, and some may therefore be of First World War date. 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.
For First World War searchlights see NT28SW 1.11.
Information from HS/RCAHMS World War One Audit Project (GJB) 19 August 2013
NT28SW 1.07 centred 2063 8062
A short visit was made to the island in late February 2010 by RCAHMS to undertake a rapid photographic survey.
This searchlight battery is situated on the NE and NW part of the island. Numbered six to ten on a War Office plan they are associated with No.2 gun.
The emplacements are surrounded by other buildings, many of which are only visible as foundations and concrete platforms.
Visited by RCAHMS (DE, AL), February 2010
