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Gun emplacement, view from South.
D 3760 CN
Description Gun emplacement, view from South.
Date 21/5/1996
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number D 3760 CN
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 675246
Scope and Content View from south of gun emplacement, Cara Battery, North Cara, South Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands Cara Battery was one of the coast batteries built during World War II, to prevent hostile craft entering Scapa Flow. This battery covered Water Sound which was later blocked by one of the Churchill Barriers. This shows No 1 12- pounder gun emplacement. Sections of Braithwaite water tank were used as shuttering when it was built, hence the embossed 'decoration' on the concrete walls. This battery became redundant when the Churchill Barriers were built. Scapa Flow was used by the Royal Navy as a base and fleet anchorage for the Home Fleet during World Wars I and II. After both wars the defence equipment was removed leaving the emplacements and other buildings empty and abandoned. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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