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Airth Falkirk Anti aircraft battery

This is the old ferry road at Higgins Neuk, Airth, Falkirk. Here you can see the Kincardine bridge in the background, crossing into Fife. In WW2, a Light Anti-aircraft battery was stationed here to guard the bridge, but no traces remain.

 Here you can see the Kincardine bridge in the background%2C crossing into Fife.

These loopholes date from WW1, when a ferry crossed the River Forth here.

 These loopholes date from WW1%2C

hey would have given defenders an almost perfect field of fire across the tidal marshes in the event of an invasion.

 perfect field of fire across the tidal marshes in the event of an invasion

The bridge was built in 1936.

 

The bridge was built in 1936

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