Lyrawa Traditional Cache
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An easy drive by cache with glorious views all around of Hoy and the Orkney Mainland across Scapa Flow. The wartime gun batteries are close by and care should be taken if you decide to explore them.
Information taken from the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland website. This Anti-Aircraft Battery situated near the summit of Lyrawa Hill has been almost totally removed. Many of the accommodation hut bases still survive on both sides of the track leading up to the summit. The hut bases, gun-emplacements and command centre of a WW II heavy anti-aircraft battery are situated on either side of track leading to the summit of Lyrawa Hill. The remaining upstanding gun-emplacement lies on the NE-facing slope immediately below the summit and the hut bases for the accommodation camp are strung out along the track from the B9047 road. The pillbox (ND29NE 2.01) is on the S side of the junction between the road and the track. About 150M E from the junction of the track and road are traces of the emplacements and command centre for a 'dummy or decoy' anti-aircraft battery. The battery was armed in 1942 with four static 3.7-inch guns and formed part of 59 Brigade. No radar unit was provided with this battery.
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