Carness Battery
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Alternative Names World War I And Ii; Car Ness Battery
Site type COASTAL BATTERY (20TH CENTURY)
Canmore ID 2477
Site Number HY41SE 51.00
NGR HY 4679 1446
Council ORKNEY ISLANDS
Parish KIRKWALL AND ST OLA
Former Region ORKNEY ISLANDS AREA
Former District ORKNEY
Former County ORKNEY
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Item  | Description | Collection | Date | Copyright |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D 14622 | Oblique aerial view of Orkney, Car Ness, Car Ness and Wellington Batteries, taken from the NNE. Visible are the gun-emplacements, battery observation towers, searchlight platforms and Nissen huts for both batteries. The site of a heavy anti-aircraft battery is just discernable to the S. | RCAHMS Aerial Photography | 4/8/1997 | RCAHMS |
| D 14623 | Oblique aerial view of Orkney, Car Ness, Car Ness and Wellington Batteries, taken from the NW. Visible are the gun-emplacements, battery observation towers, searchlight platforms and Nissen huts for both batteries. The site of a heavy anti-aircraft battery is just discernable to the S. | RCAHMS Aerial Photography | 4/8/1997 | RCAHMS |
| D 16630 CN | Oblique aerial view of Orkney, Car Ness, Car Ness and Wellington Batteries, from SE. Visible are the gun-emplacements, battery observation towers, searchlight platforms and Nissen huts for both batteries. The site of a heavy anti-aircraft battery is just discernable to the S. | RCAHMS Aerial Photography | 4/8/1997 | RCAHMS |
| D 16631 CN | Oblique aerial view of Orkney, Car Ness, Car Ness and Wellington Batteries, from NE. Visible are the gun-emplacements, battery observation towers, searchlight platforms and Nissen huts for both batteries. The site of a heavy anti-aircraft battery is just discernable to the S. | RCAHMS Aerial Photography | 4/8/1997 | RCAHMS |
| D 16632 CN | Oblique aerial view of Orkney, Car Ness, Car Ness and Wellington Batteries, from N. Visible are the gun-emplacements, battery observation towers, searchlight platforms and Nissen huts for both batteries. The site of a heavy anti-aircraft battery is just discernable to the S. | RCAHMS Aerial Photography | 4/8/1997 | RCAHMS |
| SC 600973 | Scanned image of map showing geographical distribution of two of the principal components of the defences of Scapa Flow, Orkney: coast batteries, including Ness Battery; and heavy anti-aircraft batteries, which formed the nucleus of the Scapa 'box' barrage. Originally digitised as SCAPAFLW.A1 for proposed 'Defences of Scapa Flow' broadsheet | RCAHMS |
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