Ardhallow Battery is a

Palmerston Fort The Palmerston Forts are a group of forts and associated structures around the coasts of the United Kingdom and Ireland. The forts were built during the Victorian period on the recommendations of the 1860 Royal Commission on the Defence of the ...

on the slopes of Corlarach Hill around south of

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 ...

, on the

Cowal Peninsula Cowal ( gd, Còmhghall) is a peninsula in Argyll and Bute, in the west of Scotland, that extends into the Firth of Clyde. The northern part of the peninsula is covered by the Argyll Forest Park managed by Forestry and Land Scotland. The Arrochar ...

, 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 In the United Kingdom, a scheduled monument is a nationally important archaeological site or historic building, given protection against unauthorised change. The various pieces of legislation that legally protect heritage assets from damage and d ...

. The site was used in both

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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 Cloch or Cloch Point ( gd, stone) is a point on the coast of the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. There has been a lighthouse since 1797 to warn ships off The Gantocks. Location Cloch Point lies on the A770, north of Inverkip, three miles south-west ...

. Enhanced and expanded for defence during the

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 opposin ...

. 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 The Firth of Clyde is the mouth of the River Clyde. It is located on the west coast of Scotland and constitutes the deepest coastal waters in the British Isles (it is 164 metres deep at its deepest). The firth is sheltered from the Atlantic ...

shipping and the numerous shipyards located on the lower reaches of the

River Clyde The River Clyde ( gd, Abhainn Chluaidh, , sco, Clyde Watter, or ) is a river that flows into the Firth of Clyde in Scotland. It is the ninth-longest river in the United Kingdom, and the third-longest in Scotland. It runs through the major cit ...

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External links

Ardhallow Battery on the Secret Scotland website

Palmerston Forts Society
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