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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

Archaeology Notes

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

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