Hoy, Wee Fea
Gun Emplacement(S) (20th Century)(Possible), Hut(S) (20th Century)
Site Name Hoy, Wee Fea
Classification Gun Emplacement(S) (20th Century)(Possible), Hut(S) (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Lh 4; Scapa Flow Defences
Canmore ID 269846
Site Number ND29SE 9
NGR ND 2878 9414
NGR Description c. ND 2878 9414
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/269846
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Walls And Flotta
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
ND29SE 9 c.2878 9414
What is possibly a three emplacement light anti-aircraft battery is situated at about 145m O.D., near the end of a track and path leading SW from the underground oil tanks tunnel entrance.
It comprises agroup of three circular turf and stone banked enclosures, one of which may have been the gun-emplacement.
There are hut bases about 120m NE with more another 150m NE from there.
A light anti-aircraft battery is documented in the Public Record Office at approximately this location (WO 166/7270), and it was armed in 1942 with one 40mm Mk I 'Bofors' gun. Designated as LH 4, manning is documented as being by 59 Regiment.
Visited by RCAHMS (DE,GS), August 1999
