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Bressay, Score Hill, Barrack Block
Building (First World War)
Site Name Bressay, Score Hill, Barrack Block
Classification Building (First World War)
Alternative Name(s) World War I
Canmore ID 143645
Site Number HU54SW 24.02
NGR HU 51253 44701
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/143645
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Bressay
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU54SW 24.02 51253 44701
The remains of the accommodation block for the gun crew are situated on sloping ground 81.9m SW of the gun-emplacement on the summit of Score Hill.
All that survives are rows of concrete pillars of varying height with one stone slab base, probably for the chimney, at the SW corner. Fragments of the floor are spread around the site and many of the pillars retain a steel or iron pin to which the floor was attached.
The building is depicted on the currant OS 1:2500 scale digital map.
Visited by RCAHMS (DE, AL) 8 October 1998
Project (March 2013 - September 2013)
A project to characterise the quantity and quality of the Scottish resource of known surviving remains of the First World War. Carried out in partnership between Historic Scotland and RCAHMS.
