Monument record MHG39961 - Barracks, Aird Battery
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 8646 8934 (120m by 120m) (Buffered by site type) |
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| Map sheet | NG88NE |
| Geographical Area | ROSS AND CROMARTY |
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Full Description
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
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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
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NG88NE 25 8646 8934
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
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
