Wellington Battery, No. 2 Engine Room

Building (20th Century), Engine House (20th Century)

Site Name Wellington Battery, No. 2 Engine Room

Classification Building (20th Century), Engine House (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Car Ness; Carn Ness

Canmore ID 269578

Site Number HY41SE 52.04

NGR HY 46654 14459

NGR Description HY 46654 14459 and HY 46714 14480

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Oblique aerial view of Orkney, Car Ness, Car Ness and Wellington Batteries, from SE. Visible are the gun-emplacements, battery observation towers, searchlight platforms and Nissen huts for both batteries. The site of a heavy anti-aircraft battery is just discernable to the S.

Oblique aerial view of Orkney, Car Ness, Car Ness and Wellington Batteries, from NE. Visible are the gun-emplacements, battery observation towers, searchlight platforms and Nissen huts for both batteries. The site of a heavy anti-aircraft battery is just discernable to the S.

Oblique aerial view of Orkney, Car Ness, Car Ness and Wellington Batteries, from N. Visible are the gun-emplacements, battery observation towers, searchlight platforms and Nissen huts for both batteries. The site of a heavy anti-aircraft battery is just discernable to the S.

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Administrative Areas

Council Orkney Islands
Parish Kirkwall And St Ola
Former Region Orkney Islands Area
Former District Orkney
Former County Orkney

Archaeology Notes

HY41SE 52.04 46654 14459 and 46714 14480

The concrete and stone No.2 engine room is situated in a field of crops 70m SW of the Battery Observation Post (HY41SE 52.02).

The engine house has a barrel vaulted roof with the N elevation having been built with a 'false' front. The roof has a square raised section presumably to accommodate exhaust extraction equipment.

The building was not entered on the date of visit.

Visited by RCAHMS (DE, GS), August 1999

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