Peaton Hill Magazine

East entrance gate

Peaton Hill magazine, or ammunition store, was constructed to the southeast of Coulport on the Rosneath peninsula during World War II, on the south side of Peaton Road. The 1965 1" Ordnance Survey map shows the road system of the site, which is still largely extant in 2007, and some sixteen buildings. The War Department (WD) type steel post and chain link fence, painted green, still remains on all the site boundaries. One complete concrete and earth covered Nissen hut remains, together with a less complete example nearby.

The site is currently (2007) in use as a residential centre for artists, and forms part of Cove Conservation Park. Accommodation is either in converted shipping containers, or in the pods which were used for the BBC programme Castaway, broadcast in 2000, where a group of people were left to fend for themselves on the island of Taransay for a year - not counting the TV crew in attendance.