Military Sites 7 – Carlingnose Battery

The coastal battery on Carlingnose Point was built between May 1899 and July 1901 at a cost of £7856 1s 9d. Two 6-inch guns were mounted in 1902. They remained in place until November 1916, when they were transferred to a new battery at Pettycur as part of a reconfiguration of the Forth Defences.

Two Maxim .303 machine guns remained to defend the battery, which continued to be the site of the Fire Control Post of the Inner defences of the Forth.

Location of Carlingnose Battery and Barracks

Aerial view of the site of the battery today

One the unusual characteristics of the Carlingnose Battery was that the gun emplacements were altered specifically to allow the guns to fire inland.  The battery was issued with shrapnel shells to be used in the event of a land-borne attack.

The Battery Command Post, which still survives, was built in 1902.

New electric searchlights were installed at the existing Coast Guard Battery

Gun batteries and searchlight stations were built on Inchgarvie and at Dalmeny, with a further battery at Hound Point.

These guns and lights could all focus on any enemy ships attempting to sail through the friendly channel, where they could also be attacked by observation mines.

Here is the full story of Carlingnose Battery

 
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