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Calf Of Cava
Gun Emplacement (20th Century)
Site Name Calf Of Cava
Classification Gun Emplacement (20th Century)
Canmore ID 81818
Site Number HY30SW 32
NGR HY 3230 0041
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/81818
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Orphir
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY30SW 32 3230 0041
Military complex consisting of :
(a) Concrete platform c. 10.5 x 4.5m with long axis approx. N/S. Stone faced walling c. 15m long parallel to western edge.
(b) Low turf-covered mound c. 8 x 4m immediately to south of (a) and presumably related.
(c) Concrete plarform c. 11 x 4.5m immediately to north of (a).
(d) Several concrete drain entrances each c. 1.8 x 1.8m preipheral to (a), (b) and (c) above.
All features contained to south of boundary dyke (site 14). Military.
J R Hunter 1984
The complex of remains is situated at the N end of The Ayre, immediately S of a boundary dyke (HY30SW 30). The mound and a platform are almost certainly a light anti-aircraft emplacement, possibly for a 40mm Bofors gun or heavy machine gun. The site is related to that at HY30SW 27 and HY30SW 29 which have the apppearance of building foundations which would have been the accommodation area for the gun crew.
A series of huts are noted at this location on a War Office military sketch plan of the Island (PRO WO 199/2721) and 40mm AA equipment is also noted in the document.
Visited by RCAHMS (DE, GS), August 1999
