SAR023940 SCOTLAND (1955). Causeways connecting Orkney mainland, with Burray via Lamb Holm and Glims Hold South Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland. An oblique aerial photograph taken facing North/East.
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| Title | [SAR023940] Causeways connecting Orkney mainland, with Burray via Lamb Holm and Glims Hold South Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland. An oblique aerial photograph taken facing North/East. |
| Reference | SAR023940 |
| Date | 1955 |
| Link | NRHE Collection item 1438425 |
| Place name | |
| Parish | HOLM |
| District | ORKNEY |
| Country | SCOTLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 348430, 1001000 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -2.894959859269, 58.893631384349 |
| National Grid Reference | HY484010 |
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 It was as a result of the attack by U-Boat U-47 on Scapa Flow through this gap between the islands during the 2ndWW, that the Churchill barriers were constructed. |
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| 2ndWW Coast Artillery Battery. |
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| 2ndWW Italian POW Chapel. |
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| Remains of 2ndWW blockships. |
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| 2ndWW Churchill Barrier. |
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| 2ndWW military buildings. |
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| 2ndWW Coast Artillery Battery , S0012912. |
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| A group of four 2ndWW CASL's. |
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| 2ndWW CASL (Coast Artillery Searchlight). |
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| 2ndWW CASL (Coast Artillery Searchlight). |
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| Coastal Artillery Battery S0012912 |
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