Archaeology Notes

Event ID 817981

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NO42NW 136 c.4003 2606, c.4021 2620 and c.3977 2594

See also Map sheet NO32NE

A possible searchlight battery has been identified from WW II RAF oblique and vertical air phtographs (S309, 41, flown 28 January 1942 and NLA 64, 5001-2, flown 1 June 1943 respectively) situated on the summit of Wormit Hill. Visible on the air photographs are three circular embanked enclosures with centrally placed installations within. It is unclear from the 1942 photograph exactly what the equipment is, but by their location and comparison with other similar installations it is likely they are searchlight platforms. The air photograph taken in 1943 reveals that the postions had been abandoned by this time as only the banked enclosures were visible.

Information from RCAHMS (DE), February 2002