Monument record MHG24481 - Aird Battery

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Grid reference Centred NG 8645 8934 (30m by 30m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NG88NE
Geographical Area ROSS AND CROMARTY
Old County ROSS-SHIRE
Civil Parish GAIRLOCH

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Thumbnail Photo of gun emplacement.

One surviving but well-preserved anti-aircraft gun placement, the others apparently removed to provide a car park for the adjacent playing field.
Wester Ross Project - Cathy Dagg, 23/3/04

Part of the site is now a car park. Only one gun emplacement remains. All of the battery has been demolished except for one gun emplacement. The Code for this battery was E2. The armament was 4 x 3.7 inch guns. Photos in J A Guy, 20th Century Defences, (report nos. 1, 8 & 11)
A M Fox, Highland Council, 09.10.01.

Created automatically by NMRS Register Utility
User: Admin, Date: Fri 10 Mar 2000

A heavy anti-aircraft battery is depicted on the 1968 edition of the OS map (OS 1:10560, 1968) to the N of Aird Point at Aultbea. Two disused camp sites are also depicted thay are probably the accommodation camps for the gun battery.
Information from RCAHMS (DE) February 1997

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Record last edited

Jun 10 2015 10:08AM

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