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Ness Battery Orkney
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On the outskirts of Stromness, Orkney.
This important relic of Orkney’s wartime heritage once defended Scapa Flow against enemy attack. For information on guided tours: nessbattery.co.uk
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Open again today 11-4.
Guided tour at 2pm.
For details see hmstern.co.uk
Starting on 2nd April HMS TERN will be open for visitors on Wednesdays and Sundays, between 11am and 4pm. 
Guides tours available too - see website for details hmstern.co.uk
April 6, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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Wednesday 8th Jan…
Come to the Birsay Hall to hear about Birsay Heritage Trust’s new development plan for @hmstern.bsky.social
From 3pm onwards, with a presentation at 6pm.
#orkney #history #ww2
Birsay Heritage Trust hope to develop HMS TERN.
There’ll be a Community Design Workshop at the Birsay Community Hall on Wed 8th January. From 3.00pm til 5.30pm this will be a drop-in session, then at 6.00pm a presentation, followed by Q&A.
facebook.com/@HMSTernOrkney
info@hmstern.co.uk
January 7, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Birsay Heritage Trust hope to develop HMS TERN.
There’ll be a Community Design Workshop at the Birsay Community Hall on Wed 8th January. From 3.00pm til 5.30pm this will be a drop-in session, then at 6.00pm a presentation, followed by Q&A.
facebook.com/@HMSTernOrkney
info@hmstern.co.uk
December 21, 2024 at 1:47 PM
Hoy Sound from No.2 Emplacement, Ness Battery.
Ward Hill, Cuilags, Kame of Hoy.
November 21, 2024 at 7:11 PM
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November 20, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Didn’t get any Orkney snow pics today, but here’s one of the Orkney Brewery in Jan 2020…
November 18, 2024 at 9:52 PM
View from Ness Battery yesterday. Hoy Sound always spectacular. Spot the hardy Stromness golfers at the end.
November 17, 2024 at 7:21 PM
Quite brisk at Yesnaby today.
#bracing #Orkney
November 17, 2024 at 5:25 PM
I’m offering a special site tour at both @nessbattery.bsky.social and @hmstern.bsky.social as two separate lots in BBC Radio Orkney’s Children In Need auction.
The tours are for four people each, at a time to be arranged to suit the winners.
Listen in to Radio Orkney on Friday pm to bid.
November 14, 2024 at 8:48 AM