Museums · Scottish Islands
Hackness Martello Tower and Battery
Hackness Martello Tower and Battery in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
Colin Park — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
About
Hackness Martello Tower and Battery is a place of interest in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Hackness Martello Tower and Battery is a former British Army barracks and currently a museum located on the island of South Walls, in Orkney, Scotland.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The Martello tower, together with another on the north side at Crockness, was built in 1815 to protect British ships in the bay of Longhope against attack by American and French privateers, during the Napoleonic Wars, while they waited for a Royal Navy escort on their journey to Baltic ports. The towers were upgraded, with the installation of new guns and other structures, in 1866 at a time of concern about the possibility of another French invasion.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 58.8055, -3.1488
- Established
- 1815
Sources
- wikidata: Q5469237 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Hackness Martello Tower and Battery (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Hackness Martello Tower and Battery?
- Hackness Martello Tower and Battery is in the Scottish Islands, United Kingdom.
- When was Hackness Martello Tower and Battery built?
- Built or established in 1815.
- Who owns Hackness Martello Tower and Battery?
- Hackness Martello Tower and Battery is owned by {{army|United Kingdom}}.