Hoy, Scad Head Battery

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Military Camp (20th Century)

Site Name Hoy, Scad Head Battery

Classification Military Camp (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) World War Ii; Chalmer's Hope

Canmore ID 142301

Site Number HY20SE 2.02

NGR HY 28783 00534

NGR Description Centred HY 28783 00534

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/142301

Digital Images

SC 1682257

Oblique aerial view of Orkney, Hoy, taken from the N, Scad Head coast battery, view of hut bases of the accommodation camp and jetty with the course of the tramway used to supply the installations.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

4/6/1997

SC 2595209

General view from W showing battery, left, with the military camp, centre, and the tramway, right foreground.

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25/8/1997

SC 600949

General view from W showing battery (left) with the military camp (centre) and the tramway (right foreground)

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DP 053361

Oblique aerial view centred on the accomodation camp with the tramway adjacent, taken from the NW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

29/9/2008

SC 1682122

Oblique aerial view of Scad Head, general view over the Bring Deeps looking to mainland Orkney, of Second World War coastal battery, gun emplacements, observation post and searchlight positions, taken from the SW. Also visible is the tramway connecting the public road to the battery.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

5/8/1997

SC 1065384

Scanned image of drawing showing site plan of Second World War gun battery including tramway, accommodation camp and previous site of earlier gun battery.

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

30/4/1998

SC 1682123

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

5/8/1997

SC 1682253

Oblique aerial view of Orkney, Hoy, taken from the E, Scad Head coast battery, concrete hut bases of the accommodation camp with the course of the tramway used to supply the installation.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

4/6/1997

DP 053364

Oblique aerial view centred on the accommodation camp with the tramway adjacent, taken from the S.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

29/9/2008

SC 1682075

Aerial view of Orkney, Hoy, Scad Head coast battery and military accommodation camp, taken from the NW. The view also shows the islands of Little Rysa, Gutter Sound, Fara and Flotta.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

4/6/1997

SC 1682255

Oblique aerial view of Orkney, Hoy, taken from the NE, Scad Head coast battery, hut bases of the accommodation camp and jetty with the course of the tramway used to supply the installations.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

4/6/1997

SC 1682265

Oblique aerial view of Orkney, Hoy, taken from the N, of Chalmers Hope and Scad Head with Rysa Little, Rysa Sound, Fara, Gutter Sound and Flotta in the background.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

4/6/1997

DP 053362

General oblique aerial view centred on the accommodation camp with the coastal gun battery adjacent, taken from the WNW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

29/9/2008

SC 1682121

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

5/8/1997

SC 1682252

Oblique aerial view of Orkney, Hoy, taken from the E, Scad Head coast battery, searchlight positions, engine house with the accommodation camp in the background.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

4/6/1997

SC 1682260

Oblique aerial view of Orkney, Hoy, taken from the NW, of Scad Head coast battery and accommodation camp.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

4/6/1997

DP 053363

General oblique aerial view centred on the accommodation camp with the coastal gun battery adjacent, taken from the W.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

29/9/2008

DP 244233

Oblique aerial view.

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Historic Environment Scotland

16/8/2016

SC 1682073

Aerial view of Orkney, Hoy, Scad Head Battery, military accommodation camp for gun battery crew. Also visible is part of the tramway linking the battery with the public road.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

4/6/1997

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Administrative Areas

Council Orkney Islands
Parish Hoy And Graemsay
Former Region Orkney Islands Area
Former District Orkney
Former County Orkney

Archaeology Notes

HY20SE 2.02 centred 28783 00534

The military accommodation camp for Scad Head coast battery (HY20SE 2.00) is situated immediately above the cliff edge at the foot of the inclined tramway (HY20SE 2.01). Many concrete hut bases were noted along with one or two buildings whose gable end walls were still standing.

Visited by RCAHMS (DE), August 1997

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