Located on the Golta peninsular on the Island of Flotta, This WWI battery initially housed 3 3pdr’s. This was upped to 4 12pdr’s which were transferred from Holm battery .
The battery is extremely well preserved and even has blast baffles remaining in one of the trenches to the magazine.
2 4.7″ QF Mk4 on Mk3 mountings were emplaced here. The battery was never really finished – there being no overhead cover […]
In the angle of the junction of Holm Branch road and New Scapa road, Kirkwall.
Coast artillery Battery housing 2 x 12pdr QF guns. Remains of paintings in each gun house. Pictures are from 2003. Pictures from […]
