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Hoxa Battery and Balfour Battery, coastal battery complexes, Hoxa Head

A Scheduled Monument in East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray, Orkney Islands

Coordinates

Latitude: 58.8186 / 58°49'6"N

Longitude: -3.0336 / 3°2'1"W

OS Eastings: 340402

OS Northings: 992805

OS Grid: ND404928

Mapcode National: GBR L5WF.124

Mapcode Global: WH7CW.CLNY

« Listing Details

Entry Name: Hoxa Battery and Balfour Battery, coastal battery complexes, Hoxa Head

Scheduled Date: 26 December 1972

Last Amended: 5 March 2015

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM3268

Schedule Class: Cultural

Category: 20th Century Military and Related: Battery

Location: South Ronaldsay

County: Orkney Islands

Electoral Ward: East Mainland, South Ronaldsay and Burray

Traditional County: Orkney

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