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Flotta, Golta

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Barrage Balloon Site (Second World War)

Site Name Flotta, Golta

Classification Barrage Balloon Site (Second World War)

Canmore ID 173806

Site Number ND39NE 15

NGR ND 3686 9578

NGR Description ND c. 3686 9578

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Oblique aerial view.
Oblique aerial view.Oblique aerial view of Flotta, Golta, 'Z' battery and accommodation camp, taken from the N. Also visible is a barrage balloon mooring site.Oblique aerial view centred on the 'Z' Battery and ancilliary buildings at Golta, Flotta, taken from the NE.Oblique aerial view of Orkney, Flotta, Golta, of a 'Z' battery of unrotating fixed projectile launchers with ammunition huts, the hut bases of the accommodation camp, cable trenches and several other structures. In addition, a small barrage balloon mooring site is also visible. Taken from NNE.Oblique aerial view of Orkney, Flotta, 'Z' anti-aircraft battery and accommodation camp, taken from the SE. Also visible is a dummy anti-aircraft battery.Oblique aerial view of Flotta, Golta, 'Z' battery and accommodation camp, taken from the N. Also visible is a barrage balloon mooring site.Oblique aerial view of Orkney, Flotta, 'Z' anti-aircraft battery and accommodation camp, taken from the N. Also visible is a barrage balloon mooring site.Oblique aerial view of Orkney, Flotta, 'Z' anti-aircraft battery and accommodation camp, taken from the NW. Also visible is a barrage balloon mooring site.Oblique aerial view of Orkney, Flotta, 'Z' anti-aircraft battery and accommodation camp, taken from the SSE. Also visible is a dummy anti-aircraft battery.Oblique aerial view centred on the 'Z' battery, taken from the NW.Oblique aerial view of Orkney, Flotta, 'Z' anti-aircraft battery and accommodation camp, taken from the S.

Administrative Areas

  • Council Orkney Islands
  • Parish Walls And Flotta
  • Former Region Orkney Islands Area
  • Former District Orkney
  • Former County Orkney

Archaeology Notes

ND39NE 15 c. 3686 9578

A barrage balloon mooring site has been identified from oblique aerial photographs (RCAHMSAP 1997) about 100m to the N of the 'Z' battery (ND39NE 2). It is situated immediately S of the track which leads to Roan Head and consists of at least two concentric rings of concrete mooring blocks, with a centrally positioned main mooring pad. A circular platform some 60m to the SW may possibly be a second mooring site.

Information from RCAHMS (DE), November 1997.

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