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Shapinsay, Galtness Battery, No. 3 And 4 Searchlight Emplacements
Searchlight Battery (20th Century)
Site Name Shapinsay, Galtness Battery, No. 3 And 4 Searchlight Emplacements
Classification Searchlight Battery (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Salt Ness
Canmore ID 269538
Site Number HY41NE 32.03
NGR HY 47544 19790
NGR Description HY 47544 19790 and HY 47628 19889
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/269538
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Shapinsay
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY41NE 32.03 47544 19790 and 47628 19889
Two concrete searchlight platforms are situated to the N and S of the gun-emplacement. That to the S os rectangular in plan and open to the W. The platform to the N is dog-legged in plan and open to the NW.
J Guy 1993; NMRS MS 810/2, Vol.1, 79, 82
