WW2 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery

High Mathernock, Scotland

By Johnny Graham

October 8^th, 2017

The guns are long gone and silent,

Located near High Mathernock Farm and nestled in the countryside between Kilmacolm and Port Glasgow

The site has 4 prominent placements for the guns still remaining plus the command post. At the other side of the road there is the foundations of a large accommodation camp, we gave filming it a miss as it was hard to make out under the summer growth.

"Mathernock Farm - there were heavy Ak Ak guns there - 4 heavies. Got out of school to go potato howkin, the alarm went on Matternock - sirens went in village - Jock Crawford was farmer - "get below the cairts" - a reconnaissance plane came over - couple of the guns fired - they could feel the blast." WW2 PEOPLES WAR @ BBC