Ness Battery

Ness Battery
Stromness, Orkney
Ness Battery B.O.P. (Battery Observation Post) in January 2012.
Type	Coastal Artillery Battery
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence (1914–2001) Orkney Islands Council (2001–present)
Operator	British Army
Site history
Built	1914
Built for	War Office
In use	1914–2001 (artillery battery) 2012–present (museum)

Ness Battery is a coastal defence battery in Stromness, Orkney. It was a crucial element of the defences of the western entrance to Scapa Flow, in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, the main fleet base for the Royal Navy in both World Wars. Several of the original wooden huts which formed the accommodation camp are still intact, and in one of these is a painted mural covering three walls, depicting rural English scenes. An extensive programme of stabilisation and renovation took place from 2009, and was completed in 2012, and the site is now open for guided tours.