Forth Defences, Middle, Inchmickery Battery, No. 2 Gun, Twin 6-Pounder

What the official index records

Historic Environment Scotland — NRHE records this location as COASTAL BATTERY (SECOND WORLD WAR), OBSERVATION POST (SECOND WORLD WAR). Our atlas groups it under wwii defences using that source wording.

Forth Defences, Middle, Inchmickery Battery, No. 2 Gun, Twin 6-Pounder is recorded by Historic Environment Scotland under reference 121777. The supplied index identifies COASTAL BATTERY (SECOND WORLD WAR), OBSERVATION POST (SECOND WORLD WAR). Current condition and visitor access are not established by this source index.

Record details

Category

WWII defences

Source classification

COASTAL BATTERY (SECOND WORLD WAR), OBSERVATION POST (SECOND WORLD WAR)

Period / construction dates

Second World War

Current condition

Not verified

Designation

Not supplied in this source

Designation date

Not supplied

Nearest reference town

Edinburgh (approximate)

County / historic source county

MIDLOTHIAN

County or local authority (ONS)

City of Edinburgh

Nation

Scotland

Source record ID

121777

Coordinates

56.011919, -3.273782 (reference point, not an entrance)

Index checked

2026-09-13

Source last updated

2013-08-19

Published access reviewed

Not yet verified

Index verification means the record and supplied attributes were checked against the official downloaded index on 2026-09-13. It does not mean a site visit or confirmation of current access. Points may refer to a whole complex, a surviving component or a recorded location.