South Ronaldsay, Hoxa Head, Hoxa Battery

Engine House (Second World War)

Site Name South Ronaldsay, Hoxa Head, Hoxa Battery

Classification Engine House (Second World War)

Alternative Name(s) World War Ii; Scapa Flow; Pentland Firth

Canmore ID 270413

Site Number ND49SW 27.07

NGR ND 40526 92602

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/270413

Digital Images

SC 1065342

Scanned image of drawing showing site plan of First and Second World War 6-inch gun emplacements, Battery Observation Tower (WW II),magazines and accommodation camp. Duplicate of SC 600924

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

5/6/1996

DP 060124

General oblique aerial view centred on the Hoxa Head Battery, taken from the NW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

13/5/2009

DP 060125

General oblique aerial view centred on the Hoxa Head Battery, taken from the NNW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

13/5/2009

SC 1166689

Oblique aerial view, taken from the SSW, centred on Hoxa Batteries and Camp Site, and showing Balfour Battery in the top left-hand corner area of the photograph.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

13/6/1995

SC 1682311

Oblique aerial view, taken from the WSW, centred on Hoxa Battery and Military Camp.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

13/6/1995

DP 053101

Oblique aerial view centred on the Hoxa Head (WW I and WW II) coastal batteries, taken from the SSE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

23/9/2008

SC 1682304

Oblique aerial view, taken from the SW, centred on Hoxa Batteries and Camp Site.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

13/6/1995

SC 1682329

Oblique aerial view of Orkney, South Ronaldsay, Hoxa Head, taken from the W. Visible is Second World War Hoxa Battery and part of the two open gun-emplacements First World War Hoxa Battery.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

4/8/1997

SC 1682330

Oblique aerial view of Orkney, South Ronaldsay, Hoxa Head, taken from the SW. Visible is Second World War Hoxa Battery and the two open gun-emplacements First World War Hoxa Battery.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

4/8/1997

SC 1682302

Oblique aerial view, taken from the WSW, centred Hoxa Batteries and Camp Site.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

13/6/1995

SC 1682305

Oblique aerial view, taken from the SSW, centred on Hoxa Batteries and Camp Site, and showing Balfour Battery in the top left-hand corner area of the photograph.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

13/6/1995

SC 1682407

Oblique aerial view of Orkney, South Ronaldsay, Hoxa Head, First and Second World War coastal batteries taken from the NW. Also visible are the concrete hut bases of the accommodation camp.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

4/8/1997

SC 1682309

Oblique aerial view, taken from the NW, centred on Hoxa Batteries and Camp Site.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

13/6/1995

SC 1682310

Oblique aerial view, taken from the W, centred on Hoxa Batteries and Military Camp.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

13/6/1995

SC 1682331

Oblique aerial view of Orkney, South Ronaldsay, Hoxa Head, taken from the SW. Visible is Second World War Hoxa Battery, the two open gun-emplacements First World War Hoxa Battery and in the background the Second World War Balfour Battery.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

4/8/1997

DP 053099

Oblique aerial view centred on the Hoxa Head (WW I and WW II) coastal batteries, taken from the W.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

23/9/2008

SC 1682279

Oblique aerial view from WNW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

13/6/1995

SC 1682303

Oblique aerial view, taken from the SW, centred on Hoxa Batteries and Camp Site, and showing Balfour Battery in the top left-hand corner area of the photograph.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

13/6/1995

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Administrative Areas

Council Orkney Islands
Parish South Ronaldsay
Former Region Orkney Islands Area
Former District Orkney
Former County Orkney

Archaeology Notes

ND49SW 27.07 40526 92602

A rectangular engine room is situated about 25m SE of the battery observation post (ND49SW 27.03). It measures 6.1m by 3.8m overall. The entrance is on the NW elevation. The interior was not examined on the date of visit.

Visited by RCAHMS (DE), May 1996

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