Hackness Martello Tower and Battery

Hackness Martello Tower and Battery
Hackness Martello Tower and Battery
Orkney
	Hackness Martello Tower
	Hackness Martello Tower and Battery Location within Orkney
Coordinates	58°48′13″N 03°08′48″W / 58.80361°N 3.14667°W
Type	Barracks
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	British Army
Site history
Built	1815
Built for	War Office
In use	1815-1918

Hackness Martello Tower and Battery is a former British Army barracks and currently a museum located on the island of South Walls, in Orkney, Scotland.

History

The Martello tower, together with another on the north side at Crockness, was built in 1815 to protect British ships in the bay of Longhope against attack by American and French privateers, during the Napoleonic Wars, while they waited for a Royal Navy escort on their journey to Baltic ports.^[1]

The towers were upgraded, with the installation of new guns and other structures, in 1866 at a time of concern about the possibility of another French invasion.^[2]

References

^ "Travel Scotland: Hoy". Retrieved 13 July 2007.
^ "Hackness Martello Tower and Battery". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 13 April 2014.

External links

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[1] "Travel Scotland: Hoy". Retrieved 13 July 2007.

[2] "Hackness Martello Tower and Battery". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 13 April 2014.

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