Ballymenach
Anti Aircraft Battery (20th Century)
Site Name Ballymenach
Classification Anti Aircraft Battery (20th Century)
Canmore ID 184674
Site Number NR72SE 15
NGR NR 7525 2234
NGR Description Centred NR 7525 2234
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/184674
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Campbeltown
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR72SE 15 7525 2234
This heavy anti-aircraft battery is situated in a field just above the beach, on the E side of the B842 public road, N of Campbeltown. Four brick and concrete gun-emplacements, a command position survive with one other building stepped up the bank towards the road.
No records have yet been found describing any armament for this Battery, it is possible that it was built as late as the 1950s.
J Guy 2001, NMRS MS 810/12, Part 1, 46-7; Vol.2 (appendix), 4,
This battery was built between 1940-41 by the Pioneer Corps who were also involved in the construction of Machrihanish Airfield (NR62SE 28). The battery was never armed.
Information from Mr Duncan MacMillan (local historian)
NR 7525 2234 Site identified as part of a coastal zone assessment survey.
M Cressey, S Badger, 2005.