War Memorial Ardgour

"In memoriam
Parish of Ardour
The Great War 1914-18
Do'n ghinealach a rinn iobairt sadh fhuiling
crudal, S A dhealbhaich buaidh.
To the generation which bore the sacrifices
and by sharing in the hardships, achieved victory"

The memorial is built on the site of a gun battery built in 1917, comprising two 15 pounder guns and one 7.5 inch howitzer which were bolted down onto steel rings set into concrete. One of those bases now forms the base of the memorial and the bolts are visible.
The battery was to protect shipping entering Loch Linnhe proceeding upto Corpach to unload naval mines at to be transported to US Naval Base at Inverness by loch Lomond to be laid as the anti U Boat defences in the North Sea.
This explains the slightly isolated position of the memorial.

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Source

• Text: Sharky Ward
• Photos: Anthony (Sharky) Ward