War Department boundary stone number 4
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War Department boundary stone number 4
Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 24 Sep 2018
This is one of several cut marks that I noticed in the space of a few minutes (see Image). This one is War Department boundary stone number 4, one of a series of markers that delimited land under military rather than burgh jurisdiction; the enclosed space is currently occupied by Image, but these are on the Image The first-edition OS map (surveyed in 1856) shows a military site, Fort Matilda, here on Whiteforeland Point: "Fort Matilda — a fort or battery on the shore a short distance west from Gourock, Government property" (OS Name Books). The 1896 map revision shows the positions of the various War Department boundary stones that were then present, marking the bounds of Fort Matilda. The one shown here is, as the framing of the picture is intended to show, at the western extremity of the Esplanade, where it meets Eldon Road.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.962085
Longitude
-4.791321