Rerwick Head Battery, Nos. 1 And 2 Engine Rooms
Engine House(S) (20th Century)
Site Name Rerwick Head Battery, Nos. 1 And 2 Engine Rooms
Classification Engine House(S) (20th Century)
Canmore ID 269752
Site Number HY51SW 10.05
NGR HY 53968 11891
NGR Description HY 53968 11891 and HY 54027 11813
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/269752
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish St Andrews And Deerness
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY51SW 10.05 53968 11891 and 54027 11813
Two engine rooms were recorded at Rerwick Head Battery. That at HY 53968 11891 is situated about 30m E of where the track to the main gun site turns due west.
Constructed with a barrel vaulted concrete roof and stone gable ends there is a concrete ventilator placed centrally along the top of the roof. In addition, a small concrete platform, possibly for the storage of petrol, has been built at the SW corner of the hut. The windows in the stone gable ends have concrete lintels as has the entrance doorway which also has a four slit air ventilator immediately above. Internally the concrete engine mountings survive.
The hut is presently in use as an animal shelter.
Visited by RCAHMS (DE, GS, SW), August 1999
