Ness Of Sound, Battery Observation Post

Observation Post (Second World War)

Site Name Ness Of Sound, Battery Observation Post

Classification Observation Post (Second World War)

Alternative Name(s) Munger Skerries

Canmore ID 278629

Site Number HU43NE 14.04

NGR HU 47132 39029

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/278629

Digital Images

DP 196745

Oblique aerial view of Munger Skerries, Ness of Sound, looking WSW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

14/8/2014

SC 1503320

View of lookout post from ENE showing the entrance and covered corridor/passageway leading to rear door.

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

7/10/1998

DP 197089

Oblique aerial view of military defences at Ness of Sound, looking WSW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

15/8/2014

SC 2596768

View of observation post from S.

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

7/10/1998

SC 1503317

View of observation post from S.

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

7/10/1998

SC 2596771

Interior. View of lookout from NW.

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

7/10/1998

DP 081436

General oblique aerial view of the coast battery on Ness of Sound, looking to the NNW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

15/6/2010

DP 196746

Oblique aerial view of Munger Skerries, Ness of Sound, looking SW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

14/8/2014

SC 2596767

View of observation post from S.

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

7/10/1998

SC 2596772

View of lookout post from ENE showing the entrance and covered corridor/passageway leading to rear door.

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

7/10/1998

DP 145983

General oblique aerial view of Ness of Sound, looking WSW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

23/9/2012

SC 1503319

Interior. View of lookout from NW.

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

7/10/1998

DP 081437

General oblique aerial view of the coast battery on Ness of Sound, looking to the NW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

15/6/2010

SC 1503318

Interior. View of lookout from S.

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

7/10/1998

SC 2596769

Interior. View of lookout from S.

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

7/10/1998

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Administrative Areas

Council Shetland Islands
Parish Lerwick
Former Region Shetland Islands Area
Former District Shetland
Former County Shetland

Archaeology Notes

HU43NE 13.04 47132 39029

The Battery Observation Post (BOP) is situated immediately W of the S gun-emplacement and is a single storey reinforced concrete building.

The viewing platform faces E and the pillar for the range finding equipment is situated near to the front. There is a compartment with window attached to the NE side and the entrance is also on NE via one of the sunken corridors or passageways, of which only the lower portion survives.

Internally there is evidence for shelving and cabling, but little else can be seen.

Visited by RCAHMS (DE, AL), 7 October 1998.

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