Detail showing construction of dome.

Description Detail showing construction of dome.

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number SC 654117

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of D 3095

Scope and Content Interior, ground floor, World War II dome trainer, Rinnigill, Hoy, Orkney Islands At Lyness on Hoy, close to the sounds which made up the main fleet anchorage, naval quarters, stores and an oil depot were established during World War I and were considerably developed in World War II to become the Base Headquarters, HMS Proserpine. In World War II additional support facilities were also established at Rinnigill, opposite Lyness on the southern shore of Ore Bay. These came to include a Royal Navy Radar Centre and Air Service training unit, and one of the most conspicuous of the few surviving wartime buildings at Rinnigill is that which housed a dome or night-attack trainer for aerial navigation and gunnery practice. This view shows the timber framework around which the dome has been constructed. The bowl-shaped, plaster dome itself is defined by concave bearers and posts, and the posts are framed into the underside of the first floor, many of the timbers still bearing their wartime reference numbers and 'Lyness via Aberdeen' destination instructions. The base of the central circular pit and part of the inner face of the dome are visible through the opening on the left. At the heart of the Orkney archipelago, Scapa Flow was the main fleet anchorage for the Royal Navy during both World Wars. Its vital importance led to the creation of one of the most concentrated defence networks in Britain. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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