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WW2 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery
High Mathernock, Scotland
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
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