Houton Head Battery
Gun Emplacement(S) (Second World War)
Site Name Houton Head Battery
Classification Gun Emplacement(S) (Second World War)
Canmore ID 269031
Site Number HY30SW 40.02
NGR HY 30822 03563
NGR Description HY 30822 03563 and HY 30780 03625
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Orphir
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY30SW 40.02 30822 03563 and 30780 03625
Two brick and concrete 12-pounder gun-emplacements are situated about half-way down a steep slope below Houton Head. Both emplacements retain their canopies and holdfasts. The eastern gun-emplacement has a crew shelter immediately to the rear, whilst crew shelter for the western installation , is about 15m NW of the gun housing.
Visited by RCAHMS (DE), August 2000