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Home » Gazetteer » Home Front » Scotland » Orkney » Gun Battery » Castle Battery, Shapinsay. Coast Artillery Battery: S0015239

Castle Battery, Shapinsay. Coast Artillery Battery: S0015239

 in Gun Battery / Orkney / Uncategorised  tagged battery / castle / shapinsay by Colin

2 4.7″ QF Mk4 on Mk3 mountings were emplaced here. The battery was never really finished – there being no overhead cover for the guns and the BOP was a Jane Hut.

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