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Unknown: Scapa Flow, Orkney

Obstruction(S) (Period Unknown)

Site Name Unknown: Scapa Flow, Orkney

Classification Obstruction(S) (Period Unknown)

Alternative Name(s) Point Of Tuberry; Tuberry Point; Cava; Foul

Canmore ID 102297

Site Number ND39NE 8001

NGR ND 35002 99555

NGR Description Centred ND 3500 9955

Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Orkney Islands
  • Parish Maritime - Orkney
  • Former Region Orkney Islands Area
  • Former District Maritime
  • Former County Not Applicable

Archaeology Notes

ND39NE 8001 centred 3500 9955

N58 52.73 W3 7.6517

NLO: Point of Tuberry [name: ND 334 993]

Cava [name centred ND 329 995]

Stromness [name: HY 253 090]

Scapa Flow [name centred HY 36 00].

Possibly extends onto map sheet HY30SE.

For obstructions (possibly general debris of 'anchorage' type) within the area of this map sheet, see ND39NE 8002 and ND39NE 8004 -18, 8020-1, 8023-31, 8033-8, 8041-4, 8057-61 and 8063.

'Foul'.

G Ridley 1992.

Horizontal Datum = OGB

General water depth = 39

Surveying Details

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19 August 1974. An area of obstructions, with a radius of 60 metres, is reported centred on 58 52 43.8N, 003 07 39.1W in a general depth of 38.7 metres.

Hydrographic Office, 1995.

(Location cited as N58 52.73 W3 7.65). Unknown. [No further details cited].

I G Whittaker 1998.

Activities

Multi Beam Sonar Scan (16 October 2006 - 20 October 2006)

Multibeam sonar survey on board MV Anglia Sovereign recorded a band of debris extending in a north south direction north of Flotta. The remains were interpreted as the remains of wartime submarine nets to protect the Royal Navy Anchorage.

Information from Bobby Forbes (Sula Diving) 2006.

Reference (19 April 2012)

UKHO Identifier : 001072

Feature Class : Obstn

Obstruction Category : Foul ground

State : LIVE

Classification : Unclassified

Position (Lat/long) : 58.87883,-3.12753

Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)

WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 58.87842,-3.12910

WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)

Position Quality : Precisely known

Depth Quality : Depth unknown

Water Depth : 39

Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide

Name : Foul

Type : FOUL AREA

Contact Description : None reported

Original Sensor : Acoustic Sensor

Original Detection Year : 1974

Original Source : Other

Surveying Details : **H2017/72 19.8.74 FA, RADIUS 200FT, SHOWN IN 585243.8N, 030739.1W IN GEN DEPTH 127FT ON HUNTING SURVEYS [K6864/17]. - NM BLOCK 1550/74.

Chart Symbol : FA

Charting Comments : CIRCULAR AREA, RADIUS 61MTRS

Date Last Amended : 04/04/2001

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