What is recorded here
Mnemo is building a new chamber and may want to watch the chamber appear. The chamber is an empty room with a visible anchor. Shapinsay, Castle Battery is the anchor. Keep the chamber separate from the witness and show when the camera is asked to provide a memory.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Shapinsay, Castle Battery as Gun Emplacement(s) (20th Century), Magazine (20th Century), Observation Post (20th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Built during World War II as part of coastal defenses, Shapinsay, Castle Battery was held by British military forces to guard against potential invasion. It is remembered as a key site in Scotland’s 20th-century military history.
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Places near here
Shapinsay, GarthLamp (stone)(prehistoric) · 566 yd
Shapinsay, Galtness BatteryGun Emplacement (20th Century), Magazine(s) (20th Century), Observation Post (20th Century) · 614 yd
Bay of FurrowendBay · 1329 yd
Grass HolmIslet · 1746 yd
Houton Head: Skerry of Vasa, Wide FirthKetch (20th Century) · 1.3 mi
Ling HolmHeadland · 1.4 mi
Mill Dam, RSPB ReserveOld home or work place · 1.4 mi
ShapinsayIsland · 1.6 mi
Holm of BorayShip (16th Century) · 1.9 mi
War Memorial at ElwickHeritage place · 2.0 mi
Drinks are served in the Gatehouse of Balfour CastleCastle, fort or tower · 2.2 mi
Sweyn's Castle - burnt mound (Prehistoric)Archaeological place · 2.2 mi