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South Walls, Burnhouse
Barrage Balloon Site (Second World War)
Site Name South Walls, Burnhouse
Classification Barrage Balloon Site (Second World War)
Alternative Name(s) Burn Of Redkirk; South Waas
Canmore ID 142200
Site Number ND39SW 66
NGR ND 3106 9041
NGR Description Centred ND 3106 9041
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/142200
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Walls And Flotta
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
ND39SW 66 centred 3106 9041
The site of a barrage balloon anchorage point is situated in an improved field 150m N of Burnhouse farmhouse. Some of the concrete blocks for the holding rings which have been removed from the site have been deposited along the N edge of the next field to the S.
Visited by RCAHMS (DE), March 1999.
