| Location | Orkney |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 58.8039°N 3.1468°W |
| Ownership | Ministry of Defence |
| Built | 1815 |
| Used | 1815-1918 |
| Built for | War Office |
| Designation 1 | Scheduled Monument |
|---|---|
| Designation1 offname | Hackness, Battery and Martello Tower |
| 20th Century Military and Related: Battery, Secular: battery; martello tower | 29 October 1969 |
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]
See also
- Tally Toor, Leith
References
- ^ "Travel Scotland: Hoy". Retrieved 2007-07-13.
- ^ "Hackness Martello Tower and Battery". Historic Scotland. Archived from the original on 14 April 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
External links
- Hackness Martello Tower and Battery Archived 3 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine - official site at Historic Scotland