Hackness Martello Tower and Battery
{{short description|Fortification in Orkney, Scotland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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|type = Barracks
|map_type = Scotland Orkney
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|ownership = Ministry of Defence
|operator = {{army|United Kingdom}}
|built = 1815
|used=1815-1918
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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
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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.{{cite web| url=http://www.scotland.org.uk/guide/Hoy| title=Travel Scotland: Hoy| accessdate=2007-07-13}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/propertyresults/propertyabout.htm?PropID=PL_147&PropName=Hackness%20Martello%20Tower%20And%20Battery|title=Hackness Martello Tower and Battery |publisher=Historic Scotland|accessdate=13 April 2014}}
See also
- Tally Toor, Leith
References
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External links
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- [http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/propertyresults/propertyoverview.htm?PropID=PL_147&PropName=Hackness%20Martello%20Tower%20And%20Battery Hackness Martello Tower and Battery] - official site at Historic Scotland
Category:Towers completed in 1815
Category:Historic Scotland properties in Orkney
Category:Military and war museums in Scotland
Category:Artillery battery fortifications in the United Kingdom
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