Dounby, Greenfield
Anti Aircraft Battery (20th Century), Military Camp (20th Century)
Site Name Dounby, Greenfield
Classification Anti Aircraft Battery (20th Century), Military Camp (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) M12; Skeabrae
Canmore ID 105637
Site Number HY22SE 60
NGR HY 2905 2150
NGR Description Centred HY 2905 2150
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/105637
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Birsay And Harray
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY22SE 60 centred 2905 2150
All that survives of the heavy anti-aircraft battery which is situated in a field to the NW of Dounby are four slight mounds. Consisting of four emplacements with command position centrally located to the rear and GL mat (false radar horizon hexagon) to the E. The accommodation camp was in the field adjacent to the road.
The battery is visible on the immediate post-war series of aerial photographs (vertical air photographs CPE/Scot/UK 185 2461-2, flown 1946).
Information from RCAHMS (DE), August 1997.
