Site Type: PILLBOX (20TH CENTURY) Canmore ID: 296529 Site Number: ND39SW 121 Grid Reference: ND 33922 91339 Description: A small rectangular concrete building with three loopholes is situated above the high water mark about 101m NE of the Martello Tower at Hackness (ND39SW 8). The entrance is in the SE […]
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There are four searchlights installed here and a Twin 6pdr with no overhead cover or director tower. Pictures below from June 2025. Extreme range photo’s taken from Pentalina Ferry.
4 x 12pdr QF guns were emplaced here. The battery remains fairly complete. The magazines are still extant but buried.
Situated SE of Lerwick, immediately W of Peerie Geo, at the end of the Knab Road, The Knab. Coastal Battery. One gun emplacement and magazine remain. The second gun emplacement has been replaced by the turning circle at the end of the Knab Road.
Coastal Battery, consisting of two searchlight emplacements and one engine house, the latter of which is presently used as a domestic garage. The battery had two 12 pounder guns installed in October 1942 and later reduced to Care and Maintenance in January 1945. In use, the battery had the dual […]
Coastal Battery. The surviving remains of this battery consist of two gun emplacements, magazine, engine room, battery observation post and three searchlight emplacements. In June 1940 two 4-inch guns were emplaced, being replaced in July 1940 by two 6 inch guns. The two 4-inch guns were moved to Calback battery […]