Alternative Names: Mugdock
Gunsite, Mugdock Anti-Aircraft battery, Mugdock
gun battery.
Mugdock Anti-Aircraft battery:
To The North of Mugdock wood and easily accessible
from the Khyber car park, towards the North
West of Mugdock Park is are ther emains of a
second world war anti-aircraft battery. It was
built after the Clydebank blitz in 1942 to help
protect Glasgow and its facotries from attack.
The control building is located at NS 5434
7727 with the four gun emplacement positions
to the E. Concrete cable channels survive leading
from the control position to each of the gun
platforms. To the N, (NS 5435 7735), is the
water tank and at NS 5436 7717 are several concrete
bases and one upstanding brick built accommodation
block.
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