Inganess Road
Military Camp(S) (20th Century)
Site Name Inganess Road
Classification Military Camp(S) (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Towerhill; Quoydandy Cottage
Canmore ID 269240
Site Number HY40NE 28.01
NGR HY 4625 0940
NGR Description Centred HY 4625 0940 and HY 4605 0940
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Kirkwall And St Ola
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY40NE 28.01 Centred 4625 0940 and 4605 0940
All that survives of the camp centred at HY 4605 0940 are seven Nissen hut bases, two of which are extant, on the W side of the road at Quoydandy Cottage. The camp is visible on WW II RAF vertical air photographs (NLA 16, 611-612, flown 22 June 1946) which shows that Quoydandy cottage lies within what was an area of Nissen huts.
At HY 4625 0940 in a field to the SW of Towerhill farmsteading are several hut bases and the base of a large building, all that survives of a second camp.
Visited by RCAHMS (DE), August 1999
