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Hoy, South Burn
Gun Emplacement (20th Century), Searchlight Battery (20th Century)
Site Name Hoy, South Burn
Classification Gun Emplacement (20th Century), Searchlight Battery (20th Century)
Canmore ID 308237
Site Number HY20SW 46
NGR HY 23275 00386
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/308237
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Hoy And Graemsay
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
Project (14 May 2009 - 18 May 2009)
HY 2450 0050 (A), HY 2350 0060 (B), HY 2070 0100 (C), HY 2060 0170 (D), ND 2060 9990 (E), HY 2130 0230 (F)
A walkover survey was undertaken on 14–18 May 2009 in the Rackwick and South Burn valleys in Hoy to provide a baseline for future work.
Six areas or transects (A–F) were walked and 37 sites were recorded. These included 31 previously unrecorded sites mostly consisting of post-medieval peat tracks and banks and WW2 remains. Transects (B–D and F) were walked across the broad U-shaped valleys to investigate upland glens, the valley floor and NMRS sites.
D Lee 2009
Field Visit (14 May 2009 - 18 May 2009)
Hoy and South Walls Landscape Interpretation
The remains of several previously unrecorded WW2 sites were found. These included a searchlight battery (HY 23275 00386) and a light anti-aircraft emplacement (HY 23076 00417) in the South Burn valley, a searchlight and light gun battery in Rackwick (ND 20202 99502 and ND 20137 99402), and a searchlight emplacement at the NE end of the Rackwick valley (HY 22149 08293). The latter two sites were located with the aid of local knowledge, but fell outside the main transects. The WW2 remains consisted of well preserved earthworks and formed part of the Scapa Flow defences.
Archive: ORCA
Funder: Orkney Islands Council, ORCA
D Lee 2009
