Calf Of Cava, Ber Of Twitha
Gun Emplacement (20th Century)(Possible)
Site Name Calf Of Cava, Ber Of Twitha
Classification Gun Emplacement (20th Century)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Calf Of Cava 1
Canmore ID 81802
Site Number HY30SW 24
NGR HY 3228 0052
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Orphir
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY30SW 24 3228 0052
Earthwork consisting of two conjoined circular depressions each c. 2m in diameter and c. 0.5m deep. Long axis approx. N/S. Slight build up of earth and turf to west. Conjoining bank c. 2m wide. Military.
J R Hunter 1984
The two conjoined mounds have the appearance of machine gun emplacements similar to that found elsewhere in Orkney (as at Rerwick Head Battery- HY50SW 10).
Visited by RCAHMS (DE), August 1999