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PRN | 8019 | ||||
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Site or location name | Dalgety Bay, Braefoot Battery | ||||
Summary | |||||
Description | Completed 1914, armed with 2x 9.2' guns. Part of Forth Middle line. Disarmed 1917, guns transferred to Hound Point battery, Dalmeny. Guard room, gunpits, BOP, Officer's Mess, defended barracks, kitchen, mess, latrines, stores, telegraph office, rock-cut magazine with tramway between guns, three WW1 pillboxes, supply pier and blockhouse all survive. No2 gun has a deep crack through the apron caused by erosion of the cliff. eDoB reference:e07152 | ||||
Monument Type | COAST ARTILLERY BATTERY;COAST ARTILLERY BATTERY | ||||
Desgination | None | ||||
Material | CONCRETE, GRANITE | ||||
Location |
Country | SCOTLAND | ||||
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County | Dalgety | ||||
Site Location | Turn right from A921 heading for Braefoot gas terminal. Park near entrance, turn right on foot onto Fife Coastal Path. Site on wooded hill to right of terminal. Follow path across field. | ||||
Postcode | KY48EL | ||||
Map Reference | NGR: NT1790583439 (317905, 683439) | ||||
Condition/Threat | |||||
Condition (Date) | Fair (14-05-2016) | ||||
Threat | Overgrown vegetation | ||||
Signif | Moderate | ||||
Identifiers | |||||
HER/SMR Number | NT18SE25.01 | ||||
Administration | |||||
Recorded By (Date) | Gordon Wilkie - Armed Forces in Scotland | ||||
Copiled On | 14-05-2016 | ||||
Last Updated | 03-04-2018 |
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Braefoot Coastal Battery (Dalgety, Fife). (File name: 8019_610.jpg) |
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