AA Battery Ardeer

A World War II anti-aircraft battery was sited near Stevenston, North Ayrshire. Site number 1C. Part of the Clyde AA Defences, the site was known as Ardeer or Stevenston.

Records describe the battery as having been located on a small peninsula south of Stevenston and west of the Ardeer works, and been equipped with four emplacements.

There are no surviving remains to be found, as the surrounding area has been reclaimed from its past industrial use, and a water treatment plant constructed to the east. Examination of old maps which include views of this area in its prewar state show that it was used variously as an ironworks, gasworks, and colliery, and was provided with rail access which reached as far as the shore.

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