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Observation Post (20th Century)

Site Name Rerwick Head Battery

Classification Observation Post (20th Century)

Canmore ID 269743

Site Number HY51SW 10.02

NGR HY 54117 11836

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/269743

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Oblique aerial view of Orkney, Rerwick Head, Rerwick Battery, taken from the SE. Visible are the gun-emplacements, battery observation tower, searchlight platforms, concrete hut bases for the accommodation camp and two air-raid shelters cut into the shore..
Oblique aerial view of Orkney, Rerwick Head, Rerwick Battery, taken from the SE. Visible are the gun-emplacements, battery observation tower, searchlight platforms, concrete hut bases for the accommodation camp and two air-raid shelters cut into the shore..Control tower for electrically-detonated minefield.Battery observation post, view from East.No.1 Gun emplacement and battery observation post, view from North East.Battery observation post, detail of ' depression range-finder'.Scanned image of drawing showing plans, elevation and section of Battery Observation Post.Oblique aerial view of Orkney, Rerwick Head, Rerwick Battery, taken from the W. Visible are the gun-emplacements, battery observation tower, searchlight platforms, concrete hut bases for the accommodation camp and two air-raid shelters cut into the shore..Battery observation post and No.1 gun emplacement with crew shelter, view from South.No.1 Gun emplacement and battery observation post, view from North East.Battery observation post, view from South.Aerial view of Orkney, Rerwick Head, Rerwick Battery, taken from the N. Visible are the gun-emplacements, battery observation tower, searchlight platforms, concrete hut bases for the accommodation camp and two air-raid shelters cut into the shore..Scanned image of drawing showing site plan of Second World War 6-inch gun battery including part of the accommodation camp.Oblique aerial view of Orkney, Rerwick Head, Rerwick Battery, taken from the N. Visible are the gun-emplacements, battery observation tower, searchlight platforms, concrete hut bases for the accommodation camp and two air-raid shelters cut into the shore..Battery observation post, view from East.Battery observation post and No.1 gun emplacement with crew shelter, view from South.

Administrative Areas

  • Council Orkney Islands
  • Parish St Andrews And Deerness
  • Former Region Orkney Islands Area
  • Former District Orkney
  • Former County Orkney

Archaeology Notes

HY51SW 10.02 54117 11836

The Battery Observation Post (BoP) is situated about 30m S of No.1 gun-emplacement (the more southerly emplacement). Constructed of shuttered concrete and steel it measures approximately 7m by 5m and stands to about 6m in height.

On the upper level is a viewing platform with a canopy supported by a steel beam. On the platform is a plinth with a depression range-finder' still in situ. Some wooden window framing survives around the opening for the viewing platform.

Several windows and ventilation slits are cut through the elevations of the tower and the entrance is on the N side.

Visited by RCAHMS (DE, GS, SW), August 1999

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