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Glimps Holm Island
Air Raid Shelter(S) (20th Century), Tramway (20th Century)
Site Name Glimps Holm Island
Classification Air Raid Shelter(S) (20th Century), Tramway (20th Century)
Canmore ID 112568
Site Number ND49NE 21
NGR ND 4743 9934
NGR Description Centred on ND 4743 9934
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/112568
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish South Ronaldsay
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
ND49NE 21 Centred 4743 9934
Two air-raid shelters survive on the N-facing slope of Glimps Holm to the SW of the Churchill Barrier (ND49NE 15). One is built of brick, the other brick and concrete. They are likely to have been used by Italian prisoners-of-war who were being used to assist in constructing the Churchill Barriers. Some 150m due E a tramway embankment can be traced running NE towards the barrier where is ends somewhere near the main road.
Visited by RCAHMS (DE) May 1996
