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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BATTERY [Keith Inch] | Battery Meikle Battery Meikle Battery Guard House & Battery Meikle Battery |
Mr W. L. Taylor. Stationer etc. Pratt's Buchan 1859. Arbuthnot's History of Peterhead 1815. Buchan's Annals of Peterhead 1819. Plan of Peterhead. 1805. |
023 | "There were formerly two batteries here the Meikle and the Little Battery; the former commanding the South, and the latter the north bay, upon the site of the Meikle Battery formerly stood a small fort" surrounded by a moat & "mounted with seven brass Cannon, taken out of the St. Michael, one of the Spanish Armada, which was wrecked on the Coast in this vicinity, some guns, of a smaller size, which had belonged to the same vessel, were mounted upon the Tolbooth Green, in 1715, on the landing of the Chevalier, for the defence of the interior of the town. These with the guns in the fort were, soon after this event, taken to London, the Government, no doubt thus wishing to mark its appreciation, of the encouragement the "Pretender" had here received" vide Pratt's Buchan page 60. There are only three large guns, here at present and the battery, which is in the form of a half moon was erected about 1780 and is now used by the Artillery Volunteers etc. |
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