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Hackness Martello Tower

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Hackness Martello Tower and Battery is located on South Walls, in Orkney, Scotland. 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 rearmed for World War I. There is a similar tower across the bay in South East Hoy. Hackness Martello Tower and Battery is in the care of Historic Scotland. Visitors can tour the tower, battery and reconstructed barracks.

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  1. ↑ "Travel Scotland: Hoy". http://www.scotland.org.uk/guide/Hoy. Retrieved 2007-07-13. 

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Coordinates: 58°48′13″N 3°08′48″W / 58.8037°N 3.1467°W / 58.8037; -3.1467

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