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Gun Battery Orkney

Field Gun Emplacement: e60628 (Extant)

by Colin|Updated 18th October 2025

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.

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