Calback Coast Battery, Engine House
Engine House (Second World War), Military Camp (Second World War), Water Tank (Second World War)
Site Name Calback Coast Battery, Engine House
Classification Engine House (Second World War), Military Camp (Second World War), Water Tank (Second World War)
Alternative Name(s) Sullom Voe; The Kames; Sullom Voe Terminal
Canmore ID 115454
Site Number HU37NE 10.01
NGR HU 38433 76139
NGR Description HU 38433 76139, HU 38503 76206 and HU 38437 76180
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Delting
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU37NE 10.01 38433 76139, 38503 76206 and 38437 76180
An engine house and military camp are situated NW of the Sullom Voe oil terminal, 400m S of Calback coast battery (HU37NE 10.00; HU 3863 7653).
The buildings are constructed of brick and concrete.
J Guy 1995; NMRS Ms 810/4, 97-9
Several elements of the accommodation camp survive on rough ground NW of the oil terminal at Sullom Voe. A large brick and concrete engine room with steel beams to support the roof. Engine 'beds' are still in situ within. On the E side of the building are three low walls which once supported oil tanks and on the W side a low building whose purpose remains unclear. The entrance is the S gable end.
to the N are the remains of the camp including several concrete hut bases, one upstanding breeze block gable end with chimney and a rusted and corroded water tank with what may be the remains of the pump house to the immediate W. The water tank stands on a concrete plinth.
Visited by RCAHMS (DE, AL), 7 October 1998
