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Gun emplacement, detail of concrete shuttering.
D 3764 CN
Description Gun emplacement, detail of concrete shuttering.
Date 21/5/1996
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number D 3764 CN
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 675247
Scope and Content Detail of shuttering on gun emplacement, Cara Battery, North Cara, South Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands Cara Battery was a coast battery built to close Water Sound to hostile craft during World War II as part of the defences of Scapa Flow. Water Sound was later closed by one of the Churchill Barriers. This shows the shuttering on No 1 12-pounder gun emplacement. Sections of Braithwaite water tank were used as shuttering for the concrete, hence the embossed 'decoration'. The rectangular vent hole was to help clear smoke from inside the gun emplacement. 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 each war the defence equipment was removed leaving the emplacements and other buildings empty and abandoned. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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