Home Front Legacy 1914-18
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Full Record - Dalmeny, Hound Point Battery (PRN: 8027)
| PRN | 8027 | ||||
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| Site or location name | Dalmeny, Hound Point Battery | ||||
| Summary | The Warrens, Dalmeny Estate, Peatdraught Bay. | ||||
| Description | A pre-war battery in the Forth Inner Defences consisting of 2xBL6' MkVII guns on CP MkIII mounts, a three-roomed rectangular building which was the engine house and magazine, and remains of the BOP (Battery Observation Post). Guns were removed to Leith Docks in 1915, replaced Autumn 1916 by 2x12Pdr QF Naval 18CWT guns. This required the gun platforms to be remodelled, creating a two-tier 'wedding cake' look. Both pits have a concrete parapet, and the railings and ladders remain. Ground floor of each platform was an office. Also protected landward side by a double line of pillboxes, six in each (removed). Accommodation huts were immediately to the west, and bases can still be seen. Appears to be a concrete sewage tank on beach in front of the battery, and about half a mile west along the path, where it turns right into the Dalmeny Estate, is a small pebble-dashed building thought to be the telephone exchange, now used as a electricity substation. This is not listed. | ||||
| Monument Type | COAST ARTILLERY BATTERY;COAST ARTILLERY BATTERY | ||||
| Desgination | None | ||||
| Material | CONCRETE, BRICK | ||||
| Location | |||||
| Country | SCOTLAND | ||||
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| County | Dalmeny | ||||
| Site Location | Follow shore road from N. Queensferry to Long Craig Pier, then woodland trail along shore. Battery on high ground opposite tanker berths at Hound Point. | ||||
| Postcode | EH309TQ | ||||
| Map Reference | NGR: NT1581079327 (315810, 679327) | ||||
| Condition/Threat | |||||
| Condition (Date) | Fair (16-05-2016) | ||||
| Threat | Overgrown vegetation | ||||
| Signif | High | ||||
| Identifiers | |||||
| HER/SMR Number | NT17NE70.1 | ||||
| Administration | |||||
| Recorded By (Date) | Gordon Wilkie - Armed Forces in Scotland | ||||
| Copiled On | 16-05-2016 | ||||
| Last Updated | 27-06-2018 | ||||
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