One of the two 12pdr temporary mountings for Scad battery – there’s no sign of the other. Pictures September 2025.
Pictures and video June 2025. Light (for Orkney) rain falling.
Field Gun Emplacement: e60628 (Extant)
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4 x 12pdr QF guns were emplaced here. The battery remains fairly complete. The magazines are still extant but buried.
This massive WWI building provided a welcome rest and recreation centre for the many troops stationed on Flotta and for the Navy, […]
1 x Twin 6 pdr QF emplaced here. Search light houses are facing collapse from erosion.