Sadly, this unique Torpedo Attack Trainer, is rapidly being destroyed by Orkney’s harsh weather. Nearly all of the […]
Monthly Archives: August 2017
See WW2 Airfield Battle Headquarters (battlehq.info) for more information about Airfield Battle HQs
Battle Headquarters (11008/41): S0006292. Glenegedale.
The Italian Chapel stands as a poignant reminder of the troubled times Orkney went through during WWII. It […]
The Italian Chapel
Sadly this much loved building has been demolished despite a campaign to save it.
The “Black Building” Fighter Command Sector HQ.
COAST ARTILLERY BATTERY: S0015230 (Extant) Twin 6pdr QF gun emplacement. A cable railway was laid to facilitate supply […]
Scad Battery, Hoy. COAST ARTILLERY BATTERY: S0015230 (Extant)
2 x 12pdr QF guns emplaced here.
Skerry Battery, Hoy. Coast Artillery Battery: S0015186
1 x Twin 6pdr QF gun house and associated buildings. Currently used as a paintball venue hence some […]
Burray Battery. Coast Artillery Battery: S0015190
2 x 12pdr QF in gunhouses with different architecture.
Wasswick Battery. Coast Artillery Battery: e27158
Air Raid Shelter at Stanger Head. Port War Signal Station 2020
Stanger Head Port War Signal Station, Flotta.
2 x 4.7″ QF Mk4 on Mk3 mountings to start with and 2 6″ BL Mk7 on P8 […]
Rerwick Battery. Coast Artillery Battery: S0012904
1 x Twin 6pdr Q.F.
Neb Battery, Flotta. Coast Artillery Battery: S0012964
1 x Twin 6pdr QF gun house survives along with the engine room and 1 of the 3 […]
Links Battery. Coast Artillery Battery: S0013006
2 x 12pdr QF one in concrete gun house the other in an open emplacement with a peat […]
Lamb Holm Battery. Coast Artillery Battery: S0012903
2 x 6″ breech loaders Mk7 on CP2 mountings. Much of this battery is built on top of […]
Hoxa Battery. Coast Artillery Battery: S0000115
2 x 12 pdr QF and associated buildings.
Houton Battery. Coast Artillery Battery: S0012968
Much of this WWII battery is built on top of the WWI 3 x 4″ QF battery. some […]
Holm Battery. Coast Artillery Battery: S0012912
1 x Twin 6pdr with no overhead cover. Unigue double split beam searchlight houses.
Graemsay Battery, Graemsay. Coast Artillery Battery: S0015229
1 x Twin 6 pdr QF emplaced here. Search light houses are facing collapse from erosion.
Galtness Battery, Shapinsay. Coast Artillery Battery: S0015274
1 x 12pdr QF installed in a temporary emplacement allowing all round traverse.
Deerness Battery. Coast Artillery Battery: S0012960
2 4.7″ QF Mk4 on Mk3 mountings were emplaced here. The battery was never really finished – there […]
Castle Battery, Shapinsay. Coast Artillery Battery: S0015239
Coast artillery Battery housing 2 x 12pdr QF guns. Remains of paintings in each gun house. Pictures are […]
Cara Battery – Coast Artillery Battery: S0000134
1 x Twin 6pdr QF gun house and associated buildings.
Buchanan Battery, Flotta. Coast Artillery Battery: S0012909
2 x Twin 6pdr QF guns for defence of Hoxa Sound against AMTBs and covering the Boom defence. […]
Balfour Battery – Coast Artillery Battery: S0012913
Round Pillbox, Harlow Hill. RAF Ouston Thick Fronted Round Pillbox. S0007987
Pillbox (Variant): S0007987
This pillbox closely resembles the standard “Northumberland D Type” but has a shorter side wall. It is completely […]
Pillbox (D TYPE): S0007991
This pillbox is listed as a Type 24 but when measured it appears not to be it is […]
Pillbox (Type FW3/24): S0007988
This Type 22 is slightly taller than usual and has a raised floor. There are holes either side […]
Pillbox (Type FW3/22): e10016
This variant pillbox is circular and brick shuttered, it has two large MG loopholes and a smaller rifle […]
Pillbox (Variant): S0007989
Civil Air raid shelter built into bank. entrance hidden by hedge. emergency exit in concrete slab next to […]
Durham Road, Sunderland – Air Raid Shelter.
Type 22 now preserved in the new housing estate. The grilles on the loopholes look rather out of […]
West Allotment PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22): e1031.
See WW2 Airfield Battle Headquarters (battlehq.info) for more information about Airfield Battle HQs
BATTLE HEADQUARTERS (11008/41): e40276 Scatsta
This unusual pillbox was in the grounds of a large Victorian house until that was demolished and replaced […]
Variant Pillbox Near Seaton Delaval. e27279.
This pillbox used to have a corrugated iron roof structure above as camouflage.
