Cranbooth AA Battery West of Carmunnock

Situated down a farm track lies this historic World War II site, west of Carmunnock on the outskirts of Glasgow. This was one of at least 43 similar sites around the city constructed to intercept any incoming air attack from German forces on industrial sites across the banks of the River Clyde.
The battery site originally held four gun emplacements, two magazine buildings, a command post, a gun store, and a road that was constructed between the buildings. Interestingly, this site was later modified during the Cold War to counter Soviet threats. It was during this period that some of the buildings were demolished and a command post, engine house, and a perimeter security fence were constructed.
The buildings are now decorated with graffiti, and while there is little more than the concrete shells of the buildings left, visiting this site gives a fascinating insight into Glasgow’s air defense during WWII. The bolts from the metal structures of the anti-aircraft artillery still remain on the floor of each gun base.
Classification Anti Aircraft Battery (Second World War) - (20th Century) (1939)-(1956), Enclosure (20th Century)