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Wasswick Battery is a coastal defence installation located approximately 400 metres east of Queenamuckle in Orkney, Scotland. The battery forms part of Orkney's network of fortified positions constructed during the nineteenth century to protect against naval threats. The site comprises earthwork remains and gun emplacements characteristic of Victorian-era coastal artillery defences, reflecting the strategic importance of Orkney's waters to British naval interests during this period.
Wasswick Battery, coastal battery complex 400m E of Queenamuckle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM13564. View the official record →
Wasswick Battery is a coastal defence installation located approximately 400 metres east of Queenamuckle in Orkney, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM13564.
Wasswick Battery, coastal battery complex 400m E of Queenamuckle 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 SM13564.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Knowes of Euro, mounds 340m SW of Appietown, Gorsness (2.8 km), West Puldrite, two mounds 280m NNW of (3.1 km), Varme Dale, mounds 470m ESE of Gorn (3.3 km).
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