Monument record MHG19188 - WW2 Battery, Inverasdale
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 8198 8800 (81m by 106m) (Buffered by site type) |
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| Map sheet | NG88NW |
| Geographical Area | ROSS AND CROMARTY |
| Old County | ROSS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | GAIRLOCH |
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Recorded in Redfern, "20th Century fortifications in the UK" vol IV as being manned 15 Oct 1942 by 51 Brigade, 113 Regiment, 362 battery. Also had four 3.7 inch mobile guns and GL Mk IA radar. Also known as An Sguiteach.
A M Fox, Highland Council, 11.12.01
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The four gun emplacements are extant along with the command post, the radar ramp can be seen near by to the East. The gun emplacements have the shape of the sandbags around their exterior surfaces. The Code for this battery was E6. To the North of this HAA site on An Fhaighear Mhoir are the remains of the Boom Depot, now a Government Research Station. J A Guy, 20th Century Defences, (report nos. 1, 8 & 11).
Associated with NG88NW0005 & 6
A M Fox, Highland Council, 09.10.01.
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NG88NW 3 8195 8801
Anti-Aircraft Battery visible on vertical air photographs (RAF 540/888, 5140-42, flown 1952) with associated military camp (NG88NW 5).
Information from RCAHMS (DE) February 1996
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Record last edited
Jun 18 2013 4:03PM
