Forts · Scottish Islands
Ness Battery
In or near Stromness.
Ness Battery in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
John Ireland — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
About
Ness 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
Ness Battery is a coastal defence battery in Stromness, Orkney. It was a crucial element of the defences of the western entrance to Scapa Flow, in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, the main fleet base for the Royal Navy in both World Wars. Several of the original wooden huts which formed the accommodation camp are still intact, and in one of these is a painted mural covering three walls, depicting rural English scenes. An extensive programme of stabilisation and renovation took place from 2009, and was completed in 2012, and the site is now open for guided tours.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 58.9523, -3.3077
- District
- Orkney Islands
- Postcode
- KW16 3EL
- Parliamentary constituency
- Orkney and Shetland
- Established
- 1914
Sources
- wikidata: Q16998644 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Ness Battery (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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📷 3Frequently asked questions
- Where is Ness Battery?
- Ness Battery is in the Scottish Islands, United Kingdom (postcode KW16 3EL).
- What is Ness Battery?
- Ness Battery in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Ness Battery?
- Drivers can use postcode KW16 3EL.
- When was Ness Battery built?
- Built or established in 1914.
- Who owns Ness Battery?
- Ness Battery is owned by {{army|United Kingdom}}.
- How do I get to Ness Battery?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode KW16 3EL. It sits within the Orkney and Shetland parliamentary constituency.