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Skerry Battery is a Second World War coastal defence installation situated approximately 460 metres north-north-east of Bu in Orkney, Scotland. The battery was constructed as part of the extensive fortification programme undertaken across Orkney during the early 1940s to protect against enemy naval and aerial attack. Like other similar installations in the islands, it would have been equipped with anti-tank and anti-personnel defences typical of the period, positioned to command approaches to the local coastline. The site remains an important archaeological record of Orkney's wartime defensive infrastructure and the strategic importance of the islands during the Second World War.
Skerry Battery, coast battery (WW2) 460m NNE of Bu is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM13525. View the official record →
Skerry Battery is a Second World War coastal defence installation situated approximately 460 metres north-north-east of Bu in Orkney, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM13525.
Skerry Battery, coast battery (WW2) 460m NNE of Bu 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 SM13525.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Graemsay Battery, coast battery and camp (1.5 km), Upper Cairn,souterrain,Braebuster (1.7 km), Slack, square barrow cemetery 360m S and 550m SE of, Braebuster, Hoy (1.9 km).
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