“all agreed that it was marvellous to travel over a road where once ships had sailed” – The Churchill Barriers: 80 Years On

“all agreed that it was marvellous to travel over a road where once ships had sailed” – The Churchill Barriers: 80 Years On

A road was opened to the public on this day, May12 1945, across the barriers linking South Ronaldsay, Burray,  Lamb Holm and Glimps Holm, with Mainland, Orkney. Constructed between May 1940 and September 1944, the Churchill Barriers, as they came to be known, were originally built as defensive structures to protect the vessels in Scapa Flow after […]