Hoy, Lyness, Royal Naval Oil Terminal, Roman Catholic Church

Church (20th Century)

Site Name Hoy, Lyness, Royal Naval Oil Terminal, Roman Catholic Church

Classification Church (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Scapa Flow

Canmore ID 140890

Site Number ND39SW 20.10

NGR ND 30681 94952

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/140890

Digital Images

DP 066524

Oblique aerial view centred on Mill Bay on Hoy with possible submerged features visible, taken from the WSW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

6/8/2009

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View from the North West

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

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View from the South East

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

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Oblique aerial view of Orkney, Hoy, Lyness, Royal Naval Oil Terminal, view from N, of buildings and a large concrete hut base with part of the Naval Cemetery.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

4/6/1997

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Oblique aerial view of Orkney, Hoy, Lyness, Royal Naval Oil Terminal, view of the Naval Cemetery and a pillbox. Also visible are are some of the ancillary buildings and the remaining oil tank, museum complex in the N part of the Naval Base.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

4/6/1997

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View from the South West

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

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Oblique aerial view centred on Mill Bay on Hoy with possible submerged features visible, taken from the WSW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

6/8/2009

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Oblique aerial photograph of part of Lyness Naval Oil Terminal taken from N showing footings of a large building.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

4/6/1997

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Oblique aerial view of Orkney, Hoy, Lyness, Royal Naval Oil terminal, view from NW, of part of the Naval Cemetery and a pillbox. Also visible are are some of the ancillary buildings in the N part of the Naval Base.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

4/6/1997

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Oblique aerial view centred on Mill Bay on Hoy with possible submerged features visible, taken from the W.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

6/8/2009

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View from the North West

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

30/5/1997

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Administrative Areas

Council Orkney Islands
Parish Walls And Flotta
Former Region Orkney Islands Area
Former District Orkney
Former County Orkney

Archaeology Notes

ND39SW 20.10 30681 94952

All that survives of the former Roman Catholic Church at Lyness is the brick and concrete base. A slightly raised section was noted at the E end of the base, and concrete steps remain at the same end.

Visited by RCAHMS (DE, GS, SW), August 1997.

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