Royal Observer Corps
Record added 9/5/2001
Post Name KIRKWALL
OS Grid Reference HY41071159
County Orkney
Date opened June 1960
Date closed September 1991
Location In a large rectangular compound beside a trig station. On the west side of an un-named minor road just off the top of Wideford Hill. Wideford Hill is a public viewpoint with several radio masts.
Description LOCKED All surface features remain intact with the green paint flaking. A metal dome on the ventilation shaft indicates this was a master post. The original standard Scottish hatch has been replaced with an English style hatch. This is locked.
Remaining
Surface
Structures		 None
Date of Visit 7.6.2004
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