Helensburgh, United Kingdom
Fort Rd, Kilcreggan
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No wheelchair-accessible entrance
Portkil battery was the best preserved of the First World War sites. Many of the buildings still stand, including gun emplacements and magazine stores. There are also two fantastically well preserved wooden cartridge lifts. These would have carried ammunition from the underground magazine stores to the guns above. The Portkil Battery can be found at the end of Fort Road, off Shore Road, southeast of Kilcreggan on the Rosneath peninsula, Argyll and Bute. Much of the battery remains, and the area is now residential, with houses having been built on some parts of the site, incorporating some parts of the original battery structure into their build. Some of the magazines have also been restored, and are used as holiday accommodation. The battery originally dates from 1900, The battery is described as having had two 6-inch MkVII/II guns (numbered 2406 and 2384) and two 4.7-inch quick firing VB/V guns installed during 1904. The 6-inch guns were removed in October 1916 and the 4.7-inch guns were removed in 1928.
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Magnificent views great place for a dwelling
WW1 gun turrets and underground living
Relatively intact WW2 gun batteries however not too great road to get to them, however you can walk right up to them. There are some underground works but they are inaccessible.
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