Carness Battery
Building (Second World War), Storehouse (Second World War)
Site Name Carness Battery
Classification Building (Second World War), Storehouse (Second World War)
Alternative Name(s) World War Ii; Car Ness Battery
Canmore ID 269560
Site Number HY41SE 51.04
NGR HY 46757 14416
NGR Description HY 46757 14416 and HY 46748 14426
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/269560
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Kirkwall And St Ola
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY41SE 51.04 46757 14416 and 46748 14426
The gun store and a crew shelter are situated immediately to the the W of the the 12-pounder gun emplacements. Constructed of shuttered concrete they are shown on the current OS 1:2500 scale digital map.
Visited by RCAHMS(DE, GS), August 1999
