Monument record MHG47780 - Wick Airfield, Z Battery

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Grid reference Centred ND 31600 51899 (20m by 20m)
Map sheet ND35SW
Civil Parish WICK
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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NMRS Report: (17/11/2004)
ND35SE 103.23 centred 3160 5190

A small 'Z' battery has been identified from WW II RAF vertical air photographs (NLA 57, 5076-5076A, flown 21 February 1943), in an area NW of Hill Avenue. Visible on the photographs are the locations for five small ammunition lockers around a central launch position. All the ammunition lockers and launchers had been removed by the date of the photographs.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), November 2004

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  • <1> Dataset: RCAHMS. 02/2008. Annual update from Canmore. Digital. 268003.

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Jan 28 2009 3:19PM

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