Monument record MHG36215 - Military Tank, Hoy Station
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred ND 1473 6039 (6m by 6m) (Buffered by site type) |
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| Map sheet | ND16SW |
| Civil Parish | HALKIRK |
| Geographical Area | CAITHNESS |
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User: Admin, Date: Wed 13 Oct 2004
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ND16SW 53 1474 6039 and 1495 6055
Two groups of tanks situated both E and W of the railway at Hoy Station which were built to provide aircraft fuel for Castletown, Wick and Skitten airfields. The pump room was underground on the W side of the railway and the four fuel tanks were on the E side. All the tanks on the E side have been removed. The pump room under a earth mound that is now grass grown. The site was also rail connected.
J Guy 2000; NMRS MS 810/10, Vol.1, 40
Martin Briscoe has submitted photographs of this site to the Highland HER Flickr group. <1>
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SHG23810 Image/Photograph(s): Briscoe, J M. 2008-11. Information and photographs of various sites submitted by Martin Briscoe. Colour. Yes. Digital. via Flickr.
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2012 11:19AM
