Flotta, Stanger Head, Searchlight Battery

Searchlight Battery (Second World War)

Site Name Flotta, Stanger Head, Searchlight Battery

Classification Searchlight Battery (Second World War)

Alternative Name(s) World War Ii

Canmore ID 270132

Site Number ND39SE 11.05

NGR ND 37692 92354

NGR Description ND 37549 92404, ND 37692 92354 and ND 37812 92593

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Digital Images

DP 060131

Oblique aerial view centred on the searchlight battery at Stanger Head, taken from the SE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

13/5/2009

SC 1681953

Flotta, Stanger Head, oblique aerial view, taken from the ENE, centred on the Coast Battery, and showing the Naval Signal Station in the top right-hand corner of the photograph.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

13/6/1995

DP 053256

Oblique aerial view centred on the searchlight emplacements, taken from the SW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

23/9/2008

DP 053258

Oblique aerial view centred on the searchlight emplacements, taken from the S.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

23/9/2008

SC 1681952

Flotta, Stanger Head, oblique aerial view, taken from the E, centred on the Coast Battery, and showing the Naval Signal Station in the top centre of the photograph.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

13/6/1995

SC 1681958

Flotta, Stanger Head, oblique aerial view, taken from the SW, showing the Naval Signal Station in the left half, and the Coast Battery in the right half of the photograph

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

13/6/1995

SC 1681951

Flotta, Stanger Head, oblique aerial view, taken from the SE, centred on the Coast Battery.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

13/6/1995

DP 053259

General oblique view centred on Stanger Head, taken from the NE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

23/9/2008

SC 1681959

Flotta, Stanger Head, oblique aerial view, taken from the SSE, centred on the Naval Signal Station and the Coast Battery.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

13/6/1995

DP 053257

Oblique aerial view centred on the searchlight emplacements, taken from the S.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

23/9/2008

DP 060130

Oblique aerial view centred on the searchlight battery at Stanger Head, taken from the SE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

13/5/2009

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Administrative Areas

Council Orkney Islands
Parish Walls And Flotta
Former Region Orkney Islands Area
Former District Orkney
Former County Orkney

Archaeology Notes

ND39SE 11.05 37549 92404, 37692 92354 and 37812 92593

Three concrete searchlight platforms were noted immediately above the cliffs at Stanger Head. They relate to the World War II phase of the site history. (WO 192/262).

Information from RCAHMS (DE), January 2005

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