Ardhallow Battery

	Ardhallow Battery Ardhallow Battery is a Palmerston Fort on the slopes of Corlarach Hill around south of Dunoon, on the Cowal Peninsula, west of Scotland. Part of the local Clyde Defenses and the Scottish Coastal Defences. The construction contract was awarded to "The Aitkenhead Builders" in 1901 for a price of £16,000. The Battery is a scheduled monument. The site was used in both World Wars and decommissioned in 1956. There was also the Dunoon Battery located atop Castle Hill in Dunoon. There was a battery on the east shore, the Cloch Point Battery, which was located on the slope above the Cloch Lighthouse. Enhanced and expanded for defence during the Second World War. It is also a scheduled monument. The site is now occupied by the Cloch Caravan Park. During both World Wars, a defensive boom, known as the Cloch Point To Dunoon Anti-submarine Boom, was in place. Remains of the boom anchor points are also scheduled. These installations were built to protect the upper Firth of Clyde shippi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Dunoon Dunoon (; gd, Dùn Omhain) is the main town on the Cowal peninsula in the south of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is located on the western shore of the upper Firth of Clyde, to the south of the Holy Loch and to the north of Innellan. As well as forming part of the council area of Argyll and Bute, Dunoon also has its own community council. Dunoon was a burgh until 1976. The early history of Dunoon often revolves around two feuding clans: the Lamonts and the Campbells. Dunoon was a popular destination when travel by steamships was common around the Firth of Clyde; Glaswegians described this as going ''doon the watter''. This diminished, and many holidaymakers started to go elsewhere as roads and railways improved and the popularity of overseas travel increased. In 1961, during the height of the Cold War, Dunoon became a garrison town to the United States Navy. In 1992, shortly after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, they closed their Holy Loch base in Sandbank, and neigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. World War II was a total war that directly involved more than 100 million personnel from more than 30 countries. The major participants in the war threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and deploying the only two nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II was by far the deadliest conflict in human history; it resulted in 70 to 85 million fatalities, mostly among civilians. Tens of millions died due to genocides (including the Holocaust), starvation, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
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picture info	Forts In Scotland A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ("to make"). From very early history to modern times, defensive walls have often been necessary for cities to survive in an ever-changing world of invasion and conquest. Some settlements in the Indus Valley civilization were the first small cities to be fortified. In ancient Greece, large stone walls had been built in Mycenaean Greece, such as the ancient site of Mycenae (famous for the huge stone blocks of its 'cyclopean' walls). A Greek '' phrourion'' was a fortified collection of buildings used as a military garrison, and is the equivalent of the Roman castellum or English fortress. These constructions mainly served the purpose of a watch tower, to guard certain roads, passes, and borders. Though smaller than a real fortress, they acted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Coastal Fortifications In Scotland Coastal fortifications in Scotland played a vital role during the World Wars, protecting shipping as they mustered to convoy. New fortifications were built and old defences were also rebuilt or strengthened around the Scottish coast in case of invasion. New technologies like Radar were also deployed. First World War (1914-1918) There were over forty seven coastal defence locations in Scotland during the First World War. Ayrshire Ardeer Battery, Ardeer, North Ayrshire, Ardeer, North Ayrshire Clyde Defences Cloch Point To Dunoon Anti-submarine Boom, Firth of Clyde Ardhallow Battery, Dunoon, Cowal, Cowal peninsula, Argyll and Bute Dunoon Battery, Castle gardens Portkil Battery, Kilcreggan, Rosneath_Peninsula, Roseneath peninsula Cloch Point Battery, Gourock, Inverclyde Fort Matilda Battery, Greenock, Inverclyde Dee Defences Torry Battery, Aberdeen Forth Defences Firth of Forth Anti-submarine Booms, Firth of Forth Charles Hill Battery, Dalgety Bay, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]