Torry Battery
The Torry Battery is an artillery battery near Torry in Aberdeen, Scotland, which has overlooked the city's harbour since 1860. It was originally constructed for nine guns with a defensible barracks at the rear.Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Ruins
- Description: artillery battery in Aberdeen City, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Torry Battery, battery 130m ESE of Old South Breakwater”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Girdle Ness Lighthouse and St Fittick’s Church.
Girdle Ness Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Alan Jamieson, CC BY 2.0.
Girdle Ness Lighthouse is situated near Torry Battery on the Girdle Ness peninsula just south of the entrance to Aberdeen's harbour, in Scotland. It is an active light, managed by the Northern Lighthouse Board. Girdle Ness Lighthouse is situated 2,300 feet southeast of Torry Battery.
St Fittick’s Church
Ruins
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Fittick’s Church is a ruins, which is situated 2,400 feet south of Torry Battery.
Codona’s Amusement Park
Theme park
Photo: Bill Harrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Codona's Amusement Park is an amusement park located in Aberdeen, Scotland. It was established by the Codona family in 1970. The park is located on Beach Boulevard at Aberdeen Beach, adjacent to the Queens Links, on the coast of the North Sea. Codona’s Amusement Park is situated 1 mile northwest of Torry Battery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Footdee and Balnagask.
Footdee
Suburb
Photo: Ettore Timi, CC BY 2.5.
Footdee, locally known as Fittie, is a picturesque area of Aberdeen, Scotland. A former fishing village, it lies at the entrance to Aberdeen Harbour. The name appears to mean "foot of the Dee", but it has also been linked to Fittick, a local saint.
Balnagask
Quarter
Photo: Lizzie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Balnagask is an area of Torry, a burgh of Aberdeen in Scotland. Balnagask is said to mean "the village in the hollow" in Gaelic. The Balnagask Estate stretched from the golf course to the fields that overlooked both the Bay of Nigg and the railway line.
Torry
Suburb
Torry is a suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, lying on the south bank of the River Dee. It was historically part of the county of Kincardineshire and was absorbed into the city of Aberdeen in 1891.
Torry Battery
- Categories: artillery battery and historic site
- Location: Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.14162° or 57° 8′ 30″ northLongitude
-2.05916° or 2° 3′ 33″ westInception
1860Open location code
9C9V4WRR+J8OpenStreetMap ID
node 1345701500OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q7827170
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