Churchill Barrier 4
Churchill Barrier 4 is one of the Churchill Barriers, a series of four causeways in the Orkney Islands with a total length of 1.5 miles. The barries were built in 1940 to block access to the naval base Scapa Flow.
Nowadays, the causeways are still present and carry the A961 road.
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Source
- Text: Fedor de Vries
- Photos: Lis Burke
Nearby
Point of interest
- Churchill Barrier 3 - Northtown
- Churchill Barrier 2 - Lamb Holm
- Italian Chapel Lamb Holm - Lamb Holm
Monument
- War Memorial St. Margaret’s Hope - St. Margaret’s Hope
- Italian Memorial - Lamb Holm
- War Memorial Holm - Holm
Cemetery
- Commonwealth War Graves Burray Cemetery - Burray
- Commonwealth War Graves St Peter Churchyard - South Ronaldsay
- Commonwealth War Graves Holm Parish Churchyard - Holm
Fortification
Ship wreck
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