Monument record MHG46692 - Rubha Nan Sasan, Cove Battery, Battery Observation Tower

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Grid reference Centred NG 81495 92101 (20m by 20m)
Map sheet NG89SW
Geographical Area ROSS AND CROMARTY
Civil Parish GAIRLOCH

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NMRS Report: (19/10/2004)
NG89SW 4.02 81496 92101

The brick and concrete Battery Observation Post (BoP), with a viewing platform and a single compartment to the rear, still stands to orginal height. It is supported on brick pillars and a central brick pedestal suggesting it is now in an unstable condition.
Visited by RCAHMS (DE, GS, JG), August 2000 <1>


This site was visited and photographed by A Puls of Highland Council in October 2012 as part of a high level assessment of Second World War sites associated with the Loch Ewe Arctic Convoys. Sites visited were confined to significant features and remains located between Poolewe and Cove. <2>

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  • <1> Dataset: RCAHMS. 02/2008. Annual update from Canmore. Digital. 252849.
  • <2> Image/Photograph(s): Puls, A. 2012. Field visit, photographic record and information. Highland Council. Digital.

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Record last edited

Jun 17 2014 10:38AM

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