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Report - - Charles Hill Battery, Dalgety Bay, Fife 26/12/07 | Military Sites | 28DaysLater.co.uk

Report - Charles Hill Battery, Dalgety Bay, Fife 26/12/07

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zimbob

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Visited this on Boxing Day with my brother, after the abortive attempt at HMS Jackdaw.

This was a twin 6-pounder emplacement, part of the Firth of Forth Defences, I belive it's originally WW1, though I couldn't find out too much about it.
Unfortunately failing light prevented seeing Braefoot Battery, just round the corner, which I belive is the better of the two, still, next time :)
The approach...
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Unfortunately the roof had partially collapsed :( There were loads of these railings surrounding it all, they looked kinda fresh for WW2, and I'm not sure when it was stood-down, any info would be good....

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I figured these would have been CASLs, but they had triple slits rather than a single opening?

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Ahhh, camo paint, my weakness :eek::D

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Mounting for the gun...

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Seemed to be rails running round the outside of the mounting, unsure as to why, again, any ideas would be nice :)

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Small structure on it's own, unusual window layout...

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Magazines etc. were pretty much above-ground, and kinda chavved, loads of graffitti, so I'll not bother with the pics.

Lastly, a strange wee hoist, near nothing I could find :crazy

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I'll be back to do Braefoot though :D
 

Chazibabes

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28DL Full Member
I went here today. In your photos the place looks clean. I wish I had taken a bin bag for all the litter. Totally trashed. It looks like someone has tried to clean up but then gave up. Beautiful though. Did you go to the cave?
 

Mr Sheen

28DL Full Member
28DL Full Member
Visited a couple of years ago and looked like someone had been trying to repaint it and cleaned out the rubbish.
 

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