Seacliff

Category

Library Item

Item no

12955

Title

Seacliff

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1880

Size

13.9 x 19 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The accompanying descriptive text in the volume begins as follows:
The full text may be viewed from the volume which is held at the Edinburgh and Scottish Collection in Edinburgh Central Library.

In 1907 it was gutted by fire, taking the life of the then owner Andrew Laidlay. During WW1 The Royal Navy established a top-secret research base there. The station, known as HMS Scottish Seacliff, was mainly used for navigation training and U-Boat defence.

The exterior now survives almost complete with gables, turrets and bartizans.

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