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Hoy, Hoy Station

Oil Storage Tank(S) (20th Century)

Site Name Hoy, Hoy Station

Classification Oil Storage Tank(S) (20th Century)

Canmore ID 171508

Site Number ND16SW 53

NGR ND 1474 6039

NGR Description ND 1474 6039 and ND 1495 6055

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Halkirk
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Caithness
  • Former County Caithness

Archaeology Notes

ND16SW 53 1474 6039 and 1495 6055

Two groups of tanks situated both E and W of the railway at Hoy Station which were built to provide aircraft fuel for Castletown, Wick and Skitten airfields. The pump room was underground on the W side of the railway and the four fuel tanks were on the E side. All the tanks on the E side have been removed. The pump room under a earth mound that is now grass grown. The site was also rail connected.

J Guy 2000; NMRS MS 810/10, Vol.1, 40

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