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Rerwick Head Battery
Observation Post (20th Century)
Site Name Rerwick Head Battery
Classification Observation Post (20th Century)
Canmore ID 269743
Site Number HY51SW 10.02
NGR HY 54117 11836
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/269743
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish St Andrews And Deerness
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY51SW 10.02 54117 11836
The Battery Observation Post (BoP) is situated about 30m S of No.1 gun-emplacement (the more southerly emplacement). Constructed of shuttered concrete and steel it measures approximately 7m by 5m and stands to about 6m in height.
On the upper level is a viewing platform with a canopy supported by a steel beam. On the platform is a plinth with a depression range-finder' still in situ. Some wooden window framing survives around the opening for the viewing platform.
Several windows and ventilation slits are cut through the elevations of the tower and the entrance is on the N side.
Visited by RCAHMS (DE, GS, SW), August 1999
