Downing Point Battery
20th-century fortificationsBritish World War I defensive linesCoastal fortificationsFirth of ForthFortification lines ... and 3 more
Scheduled monuments in FifeUse British English from October 2016World War I sites in the United Kingdom
The Downing Point Battery was a World War I coastal gun battery defending the Firth of Forth. The battery was constructed in 1914 at Downing Point, then part of the Earl of Moray's Donibristle Estate. The site is now within the new town of Dalgety Bay in Fife.
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Swallow Craig,
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| N 56.02763 ° | E -3.35317 ° |
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Downing Point Battery
Swallow Craig
KY11 9YR , Dalgety Bay & Hillend
Scotland, United Kingdom
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