Twin 6 pound gun emplacement. Store, detail of shuttered vent at roof level.

Description Twin 6 pound gun emplacement. Store, detail of shuttered vent at roof level.

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

Catalogue Number SC 672927

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of D 17982 CN

Scope and Content World War II store, Neb Battery, Flotta, Orkney Islands In both World Wars coast batteries were built to protect the channels into Scapa Flow and Kirkwall Bay, where there was an important contraband control. The greatest concentrations of firepower were at the main north-western and southern entrances to the Flow, but the other southern approach through Switha Sound also required special protection which a series of batteries on the south-western headland of Flotta, including Neb, was intended to provide. This detail shows a high-level, timber-lined aperture in one wall of the store at Neb Battery. The timbers lining the opening (all of which survive except for the base) have either been left in place by accident, as residual parts of the shuttering used in the actual creation of a simple vent, or by design, to prevent the abrasion by the rough concrete of, for example, ducted cables or pipes. The spikes and hoops on the roof canopy are remnants of the fixtures used to secure the roof camouflage netting. 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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