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Coastal gun battery built adjacent to a broch (Scottish NMR ND49NE 2). Consisted of one twin 6 pounder, but by July 1940 was increased to two 6 pounder guns. The guns were removed in 1943. The associated buildings survive, but not in the usual layout.
(Source: NMR 1993)


      

        Official Name
        Northfield Battery
      

      

        Type of site
        COAST BATTERY
      

      

        Location
        Near Burray Village.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 South Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands, Scotland

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            ND 4847 9873
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Unknown

      

      

        Materials
        
            Concrete
        
      

      

        Recorder
        Guy, John A.  (Defence of Britain Project)
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 Orkney Islands defences - Defences of the Orkney Islands. 

        		
      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0015190

      

      

        Associated Identifier
        
            Scottish NMR (ref: ND49NE19)
        
      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1940 1941

            Field Visit, During 1993 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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