Carlingnose Battery – Defences

Infantry

As well as Gun Crews for the Carlingnose, Coastguard and Inchgarvie batteries and the Royal Engineers who operated the Defence Lights (searchlights) at the Coastguard Battery and on Inchgarvie, Infantry were deployed from Carlingnose Barracks to defend the various installations, including the Wireless Station at Castland Hill.

Fort Record Book Page 36

Defence Infrastructure around North Queensferry

1916 – defence infrastructure around North Queensferry

Defence lines and trenches around North Queensferry

Defence Infrastructure around Carlingnose Battery

From Fort Record Book

1907 Defences around Carlingnose Battery:-
trenches (A&B), sandbag breastwork (C), barbed wire entanglements (D), and a maxim gun (E). (M) is a guard post to control access to the Forth Bridge.

Extract 1 from 1907 defences chart

Extract 2 from 1907 defences chart

Extract 3 from 1907 defences chart