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Calback Coast Battery, Searchlight Battery
Engine House (Second World War), Searchlight Battery (Second World War)
Site Name Calback Coast Battery, Searchlight Battery
Classification Engine House (Second World War), Searchlight Battery (Second World War)
Alternative Name(s) Sullom Voe; The Kames; Sullom Voe Terminal; Brei Wick
Canmore ID 145527
Site Number HU37NE 10.02
NGR HU 38700 76564
NGR Description HU 38700 76564 and HU c. 3848 7650
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/145527
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Delting
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU37NE 10.02 38700 76564 and c. 3848 7650
Two shuttered concrete searchlight emplacements with two small engine houses are situated about 75m W of the W gun-emplacement and about 90m ENE of the E gun-emplacement respectively.
The emplacement to the W overlooks the E side of Sullom Voe and consists of a covered platform with a single chamber on the N side. The platform has been built on a slope and access is gained via a steep flight of concrete steps.
A small engine room is situated about 50m to the NE.
The northern emplacement overlooks Brei Wick and is of a similar pattern to the eastern one.
Visited by RCAHMS (DE, AL), 7 October 1998.
