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Re: Duntocher gun site
« Reply #9 on: Tuesday 19 April 16 00:32 BST (UK) »
Hello g forgeron,
     Posts on the following website are from 2008 but might be worth a look:
          www.hiddenglasgow.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7511&start=45
     Scroll down until you find a Series of West Dunbartonshire Heritage Books/Booklets. One is titled, "Duntocher, Hardgate & Faifley - Heritage Trail". The books are available both from Clydebank Library & OnLine.
     I hope the books are still available, but if not, the library itself might be worth contacting/visiting, because, according to the website, Clydebank Library also holds, "oodles of photograpic albums".
     Good luck with your search.
               Regards,     Dod.
     
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Re: Duntocher gun site
« Reply #10 on: Tuesday 19 April 16 07:44 BST (UK) »
They  may have had searchlight units and Radar units in support of the guns.

If you look at the CANMORE link I provided you will see that it mentions a radar unit there.

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Re: Duntocher gun site
« Reply #11 on: Tuesday 19 April 16 09:38 BST (UK) »
There was also a AA Rocket Battery not too far away. This also had a radar unit:

https://canmore.org.uk/site/238451/duntocher-faifley-z-battery

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Re: Duntocher gun site
« Reply #12 on: Tuesday 19 April 16 15:49 BST (UK) »
Thanks to all who have replied, however what I'm trying to obtain is information,and or photographs,from someone who has actual first or second hand knowledge of the sites.

I have used the "Canmore" site and taken what information they have.