AA Battery Mamore

A World War II anti-aircraft battery was sited to the north of Peaton Road, half a mile east of Coulport. Site number AN6. Part of the Clyde AA Defences, the battery was known as Mamore.

The battery is described as having four emplacements, had 3-inch guns mounted in 1942 - which had been removed by 1945 - a GL Radar ramp and mat to the northwest, and an accommodation camp to the northeast.

Development of the Royal Naval Armament Depot (RNAD) at Coulport to the north west resulted in the area being lost under spoil from construction of the depot and its associated access road. The only relevant evidence confirmed as relating to the battery is a section of concrete road which would have provided access to the site.

Site visits

A site visit during March 2007 confirmed that there was little to be found which could definitely be related to the battery.

A walk carried out over the area around the battery site, revealed the partial remains of one building and two hut bases in the ground approximately 150 metres northeast of the given location. There was then no reference in the records to an accommodation camp related to the battery, so the purpose of the buildings is unknown, although current OS mapping identifies the area as a sheepfold.

Circular ground markings visible in recent aerial imagery were found to be nothing more than areas where fodder was dropped for the livestock in the field.

A further site visit carried out during 2008 found six similarly sized hut bases in a line across the hillside, and subsequent discussion with RCAHMS led to further evidence being discovered on aerial photographs dating back to 1945 and 1966, which showed the battery to the north and northwest of Peaton Road. These photographs show the battery with no guns mounted in 1945, a GL Radar ramp with mat to the northwest at NS22528714, and and accommodation camp on the west side of the minor road from Mamore farmstead at NS22508698, north of the later sheepfold. At NS22738692, slightly upslope of the road is a small concrete tower, which had been reduced to its foundations in the 1966 image.