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Field Visit
Date 14 May 2009 - 18 May 2009
Event ID 617006
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/617006
Hoy and South Walls Landscape Interpretation
The remains of several previously unrecorded WW2 sites were found. These included a searchlight battery (HY 23275 00386) and a light anti-aircraft emplacement (HY 23076 00417) in the South Burn valley, a searchlight and light gun battery in Rackwick (ND 20202 99502 and ND 20137 99402), and a searchlight emplacement at the NE end of the Rackwick valley (HY 22149 08293). The latter two sites were located with the aid of local knowledge, but fell outside the main transects. The WW2 remains consisted of well preserved earthworks and formed part of the Scapa Flow defences.
Archive: ORCA
Funder: Orkney Islands Council, ORCA
D Lee 2009
