Archaeology Notes

Event ID 650971

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/650971

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The former Officers' Mess, now annotated 'Old Hae' on the current OS 1:25000 scale Explorer map is situated in the centre of a small village named Graven. The buildings comprise a group of concrete and brick huts almost F-shaped in plan and all harled. At the NW corner is a tower for the water tank and chimney.

At the entrance are two low walls with short pillars. All buildings have corrugated iron roofs.

Internally, the layout of the building has been heavily rebuilt after conversion to the 'Sullom Voe' hotel and little survives of the original room plan.

Immediately to the W is an air-raid shelter.

Visited by RCAHMS (DE, AL), 7 October 1998