Overview
Forth Defences, Outer, Leith Docks Battery is a shore gun position made to defend an anchorage, harbour or stretch of coast. Historic Environment Scotland records the site as Coastal Battery (second World War), Coastal Battery (first World War). The recorded dating is second World War, first World War. It shows where defence of shipping and approaches became part of the local landscape.
What this place is
This was a shore gun position made to defend an anchorage, harbour or stretch of coast. Historic Environment Scotland records the site as Coastal Battery (second World War), Coastal Battery (first World War).
People and events
The short official type does not name the people who served here or a particular attack. Those details are left open rather than attached from another site.
How it was used
Its recorded defensive purpose was clear: it was a shore gun position made to defend an anchorage, harbour or stretch of coast. The label does not by itself prove the weapons, unit or complete years of use.
What survives
Historic Environment Scotland fixes the site to an exact map point. The short classification does not give a current condition report, so survival is not overstated.
Why it mattered
It shows where defence of shipping and approaches became part of the local landscape.
History checked 16 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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