2019

NS2471 : Remains of a WWII searchlight battery

taken 5 years ago, near to Garvock, Inverclyde, Scotland

Remains of a WWII searchlight battery
Remains of a WWII searchlight battery
This is an end-on view of the uppermost of the three platforms making up the remains. The other two are lower, and are just to its left (west). For a view from beside the lowest platform, see NS2471 : Remains of a WWII searchlight battery.

I happened to notice these bases from the adjacent path, and thought they looked like remains from the Second World War. Later, from the Canmore link given in the end-note, I learned that they are the remains of a wartime searchlight battery.
Remains of WWII searchlight battery

See LinkExternal link at Canmore for detailed information. The remains are in the form of three overgrown concrete platforms on a slope, set one above the other like terraces. They can be seen beside a path that is now part of Shielhill Glen Nature Trail.


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Lairich Rig   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Monday, 12 August, 2019   (more nearby)
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Thursday, 22 August, 2019
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OSGB36: geotagged! NS 2419 7188 [10m precision]
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OSGB36: geotagged! NS 2419 7188
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