South Ronaldsay, Herston Hill, Decoy Anti-aircraft Battery
Decoy Site (20th Century)
Site Name South Ronaldsay, Herston Hill, Decoy Anti-aircraft Battery
Classification Decoy Site (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Midtown
Canmore ID 270450
Site Number ND49SW 28.03
NGR ND 4175 9163
NGR Description c. ND 4175 9163
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/270450
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish South Ronaldsay
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
ND49SW 28.03 c.4175 9163
A dummy heavy anti-aircraft battery has been identified from a RAF vertical air photograph, (LEU/UK 12, 7029, flown 9 May 1949), in the E corner of the field which is also the site of the accommodation camp for the genuine gun site. Four earth banked emplacements and a command centre are visible on the photograph. Only slght traces of the emplacements were noted on the date of visit (and on RCAHMS oblique aerial photograph D 14028), but the earthwork remains of the dummy command position are still visible near the E corner of the field and on RCAHMS oblique air photographs taken in 1997.
Visited by RCAHMS (DE), August 1996
