Hackness Martello Tower and Battery

buildings on the island of South Walls, in Orkney, Scotland

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1815 Hackness, Battery and Martello Tower  site, military museum, barracks, Martello tower, Historic Environment Scotland, United Kingdom

• Historic Environment Scotland Martello tower^@
• Historic Environment Scotland artillery battery^@
• Historic Environment Scotland entry^@
• Mapping Museums entry^@
• Freebase entry^@
• Google Maps entry^@
• Scottish Archaeological Journal A Reassessment of Hackness Gun Battery: the Results of Excavations 1997–2001^@
• Tripadvisor page^@
• martellotowers.co.uk article^@

Location: 58.80548, -3.14884, ///wanting.plotter.unpainted, Google, Bing, Aerial View, OldMapsOnline, ESRI Imagery, Historic Markers, KML, NLS, OS,  eDoB, 

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{{{notes}}}\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E","title":"Skerry Battery, coast battery (WW2) 460m NNE of Bu@ artillery battery {{{notes}}}\n","link":"","lat":58.9275,"lon":-3.326,"icon":"/images/1/14/M_fort.png"},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Q56664379\" title=\"Q56664379\"\u003EStanger Head Battery,Stanger Head\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003Eartillery battery {{{notes}}}\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E","title":"Stanger Head Battery,Stanger Head@ artillery battery {{{notes}}}\n","link":"","lat":58.8165,"lon":-3.08178,"icon":"/images/1/14/M_fort.png"},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/Q56668471\" title=\"Q56668471\"\u003EStromabank Hotel, anti-aircraft battery, radar site and camp 150m NW of\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003Eanti-aircraft battery 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class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003Eartillery battery {{{notes}}}\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E","title":"Wasswick Battery, coastal battery complex 400m E of Queenamuckle@ artillery battery {{{notes}}}\n","link":"","lat":59.0775,"lon":-3.00854,"icon":"/images/1/14/M_fort.png"},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca class=\"mw-selflink selflink\"\u003EHackness Martello Tower and Battery\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E1815 Historic Environment Scotland, military museum, barracks, Martello tower, \u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https://www.tripadvisor.com/3208859\"\u003Etripadvisor\u003C/a\u003E {{{notes}}}\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E","title":"Hackness Martello Tower and Battery@1815 Historic Environment Scotland, military museum, barracks, Martello tower, tripadvisor 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Frameless

24 pound gun on Martello Tower - geograph.org.uk - 1031053

A partioned part of the barracks room of the martello tower

Building in hackness battery

Gun platform of Hackness Martello Tower

Hacknessmartello

Hackness Martello Tower and Battery 20110601 barracks interior

Hackness Martello Tower and Battery 20110601 battery and barracks

Hackness Martello Tower and Battery 20110601 cannon on Martello Tower

Hackness Martello Tower and Battery 20110601 Hackness Battery

Hackness Martello Tower and Battery 20110601 Martello Tower

Hackness Martello Tower and Battery 20110601 powder magazine

Hackness Martello Tower viewed from the sea. - geograph.org.uk - 530230

Hackness Martello Tower, with the Battery beyond

Hoy; Fort at Point of Hackness

Hoy; Gun mounted on top of Martello Tower at Hackness

Hoy; Martello Tower at Hackness

Hoy; View to Hackness Fort from top of Martello Tower

Magazine in hackness battery

Martello tower at Hackness

Martello Tower - geograph.org.uk - 1031040

Martello Tower - geograph.org.uk - 1031068

Martello Tower, Hackness Battery, Hoy

Martello Tower

The barracks at Hackness Battery - geograph.org.uk - 127285

The Battery at Hackness - geograph.org.uk - 1031055

Type	Date	Description	Keywords	Notes	Source
link		Historic Environment Scotland Martello tower@			Wikidata
link		Historic Environment Scotland artillery battery@			Wikidata
link		Historic Environment Scotland entry@			Wikidata
link		Mapping Museums entry@			Wikidata
link		Freebase entry@			Wikidata
link		Google Maps entry@			Wikidata
link		Scottish Archaeological Journal A Reassessment of Hackness Gun Battery: the Results of Excavations 1997–2001@			Wikidata
link		Tripadvisor page@			Wikidata
link		martellotowers.co.uk article@			Wikidata
base		Graemsay Battery, coast battery and camp	artillery battery, military base		Wikidata
base	1815	Hackness Martello Tower and Battery	military museum, Historic Environment Scotland, barracks, Martello tower, tripadvisor		Wikidata
base	1940	RAF Castletown	Royal Air Force station, air base, Royal Air Force		Wikidata
base		RAF Netherbutton	radar station, Royal Air Force station		Wikidata
base	1940	RAF Skeabrae	Royal Air Force station, air base, Royal Air Force		Wikidata
base	1940	RAF Skitten	Royal Air Force station, air base, Royal Air Force		Wikidata
base	1939	RAF Wick	radar station, Royal Air Force station, Royal Air Force		Wikidata
base		RNAS Caldale	Royal Naval Air Service station		Wikidata
base		RNAS Hatston	Royal Naval Air Service station		Wikidata
base		Rerwick Head, coastal battery (WW2) and camp	artillery battery, military base		Wikidata
base		Roan Head, coastal battery and camp (WW1)	artillery battery, military base		Wikidata
base		Wick Y Station	listening station		Wikidata
castle		Bishop's Palace	Historic Environment Scotland, episcopal palace, castle, tripadvisor		Wikidata
castle	1476	Castle Sinclair Girnigoe	National Trust for Scotland, archaeological site, castle, tripadvisor		Wikidata
castle	1566	Castle of Mey	historic house museum, castle, tripadvisor		Wikidata
castle		Castle of Old Wick	promontory fort, castle, tripadvisor		Wikidata
castle	1569	Earl's Palace	castle, tripadvisor		Wikidata
castle	1379	Kirkwall Castle	castle, tripadvisor		Wikidata
fort		Burray Ness, anti-aircraft battery (WW1), Burray	anti-aircraft battery		Wikidata
fort		Castletown Battery, battery 505m N of Tralorn	artillery battery		Wikidata
fort		Golta, World War II Z Battery and Light AA Battery, Flotta	anti-aircraft battery		Wikidata
fort		Graemsay Battery, coast battery and camp	artillery battery, military base		Wikidata
fort		Holm Battery, coast artillery battery 195m SW of East Breckan	artillery battery		Wikidata
fort		Houton Head, battery 325m W of Sunnybraes	artillery battery		Wikidata
fort		Hoxa Battery and Balfour Battery, coastal battery complexes, Hoxa Head	artillery battery		Wikidata
fort		Mey Battery, battery 80m NE of Braes of Harrow	artillery battery		Wikidata
fort		Ness Battery, gun emplacements 300m SSE of, Stromness	artillery battery		Wikidata
fort		Ness Battery	artillery battery		Wikidata
fort		Ness Battery	artillery battery		Wikidata
fort		Point of Avelshay, coastal battery, Rousay	artillery battery		Wikidata
fort		Quoy, anti-aircraft battery (WW2) and radar 220m WSW of	radar station, artillery battery		Wikidata
fort		Rerwick Head, coastal battery (WW2) and camp	artillery battery, military base		Wikidata
fort		Roan Head, coastal battery and camp (WW1)	artillery battery, military base		Wikidata
fort		Scad Head, coast artillery battery, camp and railway, Hoy	military camp, industrial railway, artillery battery		Wikidata
fort		Skerry Battery, coast battery (WW2) 460m NNE of Bu	artillery battery		Wikidata
fort		Stanger Head Battery,Stanger Head	artillery battery		Wikidata
fort		Stromabank Hotel, anti-aircraft battery, radar site and camp 150m NW of	anti-aircraft battery		Wikidata
fort		Upper Sower, coastal battery N of, Clestrain	artillery battery		Wikidata
fort		Wasswick Battery, coastal battery complex 400m E of Queenamuckle	artillery battery		Wikidata
museum	1815	Hackness Martello Tower and Battery	Historic Environment Scotland, military museum, barracks, Martello tower, tripadvisor		Wikidata
museum	1990	Scapa Flow Museum	visitor center, naval museum, museum, tripadvisor		Wikidata
tower	1812	Crockness Martello Tower	Martello tower		Wikidata
tower	1815	Hackness Martello Tower and Battery	Historic Environment Scotland, military museum, barracks, Martello tower, tripadvisor		Wikidata
image	2008	24 pound gun on Martello Tower - geograph.org.uk - 1031053			Wikimedia
image	2018	A partioned part of the barracks room of the martello tower			Wikimedia
image	2018	Building in hackness battery			Wikimedia
image	1995	Gun platform of Hackness Martello Tower			Wikimedia
image		Hacknessmartello			Wikimedia
image	2011	Hackness Martello Tower and Battery 20110601 barracks interior			Wikimedia
image	2011	Hackness Martello Tower and Battery 20110601 battery and barracks			Wikimedia
image	2011	Hackness Martello Tower and Battery 20110601 cannon on Martello Tower			Wikimedia
image	2011	Hackness Martello Tower and Battery 20110601 Hackness Battery			Wikimedia
image	2011	Hackness Martello Tower and Battery 20110601 Martello Tower			Wikimedia
image	2011	Hackness Martello Tower and Battery 20110601 powder magazine			Wikimedia
image	2007	Hackness Martello Tower viewed from the sea. - geograph.org.uk - 530230			Wikimedia
image	1995	Hackness Martello Tower, with the Battery beyond			Wikimedia
image	2013	Hoy; Fort at Point of Hackness			Wikimedia
image	2013	Hoy; Gun mounted on top of Martello Tower at Hackness			Wikimedia
image	2013	Hoy; Martello Tower at Hackness			Wikimedia
image	2013	Hoy; View to Hackness Fort from top of Martello Tower			Wikimedia
image	2018	Magazine in hackness battery			Wikimedia
image	2010	Martello tower at Hackness			Wikimedia
image	2008	Martello Tower - geograph.org.uk - 1031040			Wikimedia
image	2008	Martello Tower - geograph.org.uk - 1031068			Wikimedia
image	2011	Martello Tower, Hackness Battery, Hoy			Wikimedia
image	1995	Martello Tower			Wikimedia
image	2005	The barracks at Hackness Battery - geograph.org.uk - 127285			Wikimedia
image	2008	The Battery at Hackness - geograph.org.uk - 1031055			Wikimedia