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Field Visit
Date July 1980
Event ID 619050
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/619050
A small concrete sniper position, circular, external
diameter 1.83m (exactly 6ft), built on summit of broch mound.
Walls are thin, of reinforced concrete, standing about 0.4m above
external ground level, with six horizontal loopholes for rifle,
evenly spaced around circumference. Access by hatch in flat
roof. Floor is sunken sufficiently to allow a man to stand up
inside.
Information from Orkney SMR (RGL) Jul 80, OR 492.
