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Bressay, Score Hill, Battery, Magazine
Magazine (First World War)
Site Name Bressay, Score Hill, Battery, Magazine
Classification Magazine (First World War)
Alternative Name(s) World War I
Canmore ID 143644
Site Number HU54SW 24.01
NGR HU 5128 4475
NGR Description HU c. 5128 4475
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/143644
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Bressay
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU54SW 24.01 c. 5128 4475
The subterranean magazine is situated about 26m to the SW of the gun-emplacement.
The underground structure is built of shuttered concrete the entrance being at the end of a stone revetted u-shaped trench. The trench which leads from the gun-emplacement has been cut into bed-rock and at the deepest point is about 2m in depth. Internally the magazine has been whitewashed. The entrance door has been removed.
Within the magazine is the remains of an ammunition trolley. The apparatus has three wide wheels, that at the front having the ability to rotate 360 degress, a towing ring and a central spindle to support the ammunition tray. The trolley is an exact match to that found at the First World War battery on Vementry Island (HU26SE 4.00).
Visited by RCAHMS (DE, AL), 8 October 2006
Project (March 2013 - September 2013)
A project to characterise the quantity and quality of the Scottish resource of known surviving remains of the First World War. Carried out in partnership between Historic Scotland and RCAHMS.
