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AA Battery Bogside
A World War II anti-aircraft battery was located to the south of Langbank, Renfrewshire, on the south side of the River Clyde. Site number GSG9 (early), S9 (later). Part of the Clyde AA Defences, the site was known as Bogside or Gallahill Wood, and was near Bogside Farm.
The battery had four emplacements, reported to have been armed with 3.7-inch guns, a command post, two magazines, and an accommodation camp to the west.
Much remains on the site, although the command post and one of the magazines have been buried.
Site visit
A site visit carried out during 2007 confirmed that much of the battery has survived. The magazine to the northeast was found to have been almost completely buried, the command post had been completely buried, and the third emplacement had been cleared of its shelters and ammunition stores. The remaining emplacements were substantially complete, and the walls of the ready use ammunition stores still had the wooded pegs which supported the ammunition racks.
Possibly related to the battery and its former accommodation camp, or perhaps the farm, an old brick-clad water tank was noted a short distance from the site, on the summit of a nearby hill.
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⚠ (:gma-point lat=55.9138334 lon=-4.5992705 text='Bogside Battery' :)
⚠ (:gma-map view=sat zoom=17:)
⚠ [[!World War II]]
⚠ [[!Clyde AA Defences]]
⚠ [[!HAA Battery]]
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