What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records U-27: North Sea as Submarine (20th Century)-(1939). 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.
U-27 was a German U-boat lost in the North Sea in 1915 during World War I after being depth-charged and sunk by the British submarine HMS E9. All 38 crew members were killed, and the wreck remains a significant historical and archaeological site.
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Places near here
Stronsay, the Brough of Burgh HeadStack Site (period Unknown) · 15 mi
Lamb Head BrochArchaeological place · 15 mi
Auskerry, Auskerry Lighthouse and Keeper's HousesAnti Aircraft Battery (second World War) (1943), Bomb Crater (second World War), Lighthouse (19th Century) (1867) · 15 mi
Auskerry LighthouseLighthouse · 15 mi
Burgh Hill, Stronsay's "summit"Mountain or hill · 16 mi
Bay of HousebyBay · 16 mi
Cemetery at Holland FarmChurch, cross or graveyard · 17 mi
Seals on the beachBeach · 17 mi
Grice NessHeadland · 18 mi
A clinically sculpted cave on the Horse of CopinsayCave · 19 mi
Horse of CopinsayIslet · 19 mi