Sanday, Whale Head Radar Station, Military Camp
Military Camp (20th Century)
Site Name Sanday, Whale Head Radar Station, Military Camp
Classification Military Camp (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Lopness
Canmore ID 141073
Site Number HY74SE 23.02
NGR HY 7537 4429
NGR Description Centred HY 7537 4429
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Lady
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY74SE 23.02 centred 7537 4429
The accommodation camp for Whale Head Radar Station is situated immediately to the S of Loch of Brue amonst an area of sand dunes. Numerous air-raid shelters survive along with the hut bases for the nissen huts.
Information from RCAHMS (DE) February 1999
The accommodation camp is visible on a WW II RAF vertical air photograph (WL/10, 2.79, flown 4 July 1942), which shows at least fourteen huts, mainly with ptiched roofs.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), January 2005
Field Visit (1999)
The accommodation camp for military personnel serving the Whale Head radar station extended among the sand dunes to the south of the Loch of Brue. A number of air-raid shelters and concrete nissan hut bases survive at the site. See also Whale Head radar station, SY23 (HY74SE23.00/.01/.03). RCAHMS (1980) #228
Coastal Zone Assessment Survey, 1999
