Hoy, Burra House, Skerry Battery Accommodation Camp
Military Camp (20th Century)
Site Name Hoy, Burra House, Skerry Battery Accommodation Camp
Classification Military Camp (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) The Glebe
Canmore ID 296586
Site Number HY20NW 25.01
NGR HY 2379 0408
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/296586
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Hoy And Graemsay
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY20NW 25.01 2379 0408
The accommodation camp for Skerry Battery (HY20NW 25.00) has been identified from vertical air photographs taken in 1946 (CPE/Scot/UK 185, frames 2433-2434, flown 9 October 1946). The camp is situated on the W side of the road immediately N of Burra House (HY20SW 12).
The camp conisted of at least five Nissen huts set at right angles to the road.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), October 2008.
Aerial Photographic Interpretation (October 2008)
The accommodation camp for Skerry Battery (HY20NW 25.00) has been identified from vertical air photographs taken in 1946 (CPE/Scot/UK 185, frames 2433-2434, flown 9 October 1946). The camp is situated on the W side of the road immediately N of Burra House (HY20SW 12).
The camp conisted of at least five Nissen huts set at right angles to the road.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), October 2008
