Ardhallow Battery

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Debs Karoqe
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zac burns
Nov 4th, 2020 -
David Pickering
Aug 23rd, 2019 -
Julie Tomkins
May 8th, 2019
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Q Where is Ardhallow Battery located?
A Ardhallow Battery is located at Ardhallow, Dunoon Ward, sct PA23 7QL
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A Ardhallow Battery has a 5.0 Star Rating from 5 reviewers.
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The fort, or fortification, originally dates from 1901,and is listed by the Palmerston Forts Society as predating World War I by some 13 years.
Three emplacements mounting one 9.2-inch gun and two 6-inch guns, a concrete observation post and an engine room, all located on the hillside above the road. A separate engine room was provided at road level, for two searchlights,One searchlight base remains in place, although it is hard to locate as it is heavily overgrown with ivy. The second was demolished some years ago,According to public records, the 9.2-inch gun and the 6-inch guns (numbered 1340 and 3607) were installed in October 1905. The 9.2-inch gun was removed in 1911, but the two 6-inch guns remained in place until December 1956. This would suggest they were left in place until the country's GDA (gun defended area) were finally declared obsolete and dismantled. Until then, aerial batteries were being installed as part of the country's Cold War defences, but were becoming obsolete and ineffective even as they were being built, overtaken by missiles and other developments.

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