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Car Ness Battery is a coastal artillery fortification located at Car Ness in Orkney, Scotland. The battery dates from the First World War period, constructed as part of the broader defensive infrastructure developed to protect the strategic naval anchorages and shipping lanes around the Orkney Islands. The site comprises gun emplacements and associated military structures typical of early twentieth-century coastal defence works. Car Ness Battery represents the significant military investment made in Orkney during the First World War, when the islands served as a vital base for the British fleet and required extensive fortification against enemy attack.
Car Ness Battery,Car Ness is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3249. View the official record →
Car Ness Battery is a coastal artillery fortification located at Car Ness in Orkney, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3249.
Car Ness Battery,Car Ness is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM3249.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Head of Work,long cairn (1.6 km), Bay of Meil, chapel 250m W of Holland (3 km), Grain Earth House and Grainbank, two souterrains, Hatston (3.9 km).
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