Coastguard Battery – location

The Coastguard Battery, Forth Bridge and Port Edgar at South Queenferry

The battery was tucked into a compact site adjacent to the pre-existing Coastguard Station on Castle Hill in North Queensferry.

There were earlier batteries in this area. The “Fort” and the “Great Sconce” from the time of James VI were probably built on the sites of the later Ness and Hill batteries.

The Ness and Hill Batteries from the 18th century

The Coastguard Battery and Defence lights as part of the Inner Line of Defences of the Forth in 1918