WWII Gun Emplacement near Airdrie

Not sure if this one has been covered on here before.

I'd heard a rumour about this a few years back but couldn't find out anything about it.

Then one day I saw this;

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v...dir=0&alt=-1000&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&encType=1

So since it was such a nice morning, I thought I'd go up and take a look for myself.



View from the road






Do those look like bullit holes to anyone?






This was the biggest building. Very secure even now. Possibly storage for ammo?






Round the side.



Round the back.



Entrance to main area where guns were.



I think those wooden things were for storing shells.
Either that or a lot of french bread!









There are 4 of these buildings arranged in a circle.






Not a great picture of the long flat building.



Someones been here for lunch. Did they have tupperwear in the 40's?




So there you go. Don't know an aweful lot about it.

Perhaps someone on here will?

It's just off Brackenhirst Road near Glenmavis, Airdrie if you fancy a visit.

Cheers
Matt

Cheers Matt. Big long building is the control centre. Each of those little doocots in the gunpits are ready ammo lockers; sheels were stored ready for use- all they needed was the appropriate fuse inserted and set to the correct time before loading.
There's more about it on Secret Scotland

Nice one

That's in good nick, nice to see the racking and steelwork still extant.

the_historian said:

Cheers Matt. Big long building is the control centre. Each of those little doocots in the gunpits are ready ammo lockers; sheels were stored ready for use- all they needed was the appropriate fuse inserted and set to the correct time before loading.
There's more about it on Secret Scotland

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Thanks for the tip-off Gordon. Didn't know about the Secret Scotland website. Now bookmarked!

So it looks as if this particular one didn't fire a shot in anger. Never mind.

Surprised at how many of these anti-aircraft sites there are out there though.

Cheers
Matt

Loving it. WW2 concrete gets me every time.

purplepantman said:

I think those wooden things were for storing shells.
Either that or a lot of french bread!

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Baking for the French Resistance!
Nice find and photos, Matt. Love the steel doors, shutters and the racks!

Nice one. There's a very similair one, at Liberton in Edinburgh, right next to my TA centre.
Will do a report next time I arrive at TA early (which is never).

Nice one Matt I think the largest building is the generator house though