07 – Carlingnose Battery

To protect the projected naval base at Rosyth, gun batteries on Inchkeith and at Kinghorn were supplemented by the defensive minefield controlled from Port Laing and covered by gun batteries and search lights at North Queensferry and Dalmeny.

Carlingnose Battery, Submarine Mining Observation Station and Royal Engineers Barracks in 1902

Carlingnose Battery, Submarine Mining Observation Station and Royal Engineers Barracks in 1902

Here is the same site in 2018

These stairs lead down to the underground shell store

This mural was painted by Polish soldiers in WWII