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Archaeology Notes

Event ID 738661

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/738661

NT18SE 22.08 19235 82503, 19281 82542, 19279 82518 and 19282 82524

At least five searchlight emplacements have been identified from RAF WW II and postwar oblique and vertical air photographs (S 309, 6964, flown 2 October 1941 and 106G/Scot/UK 10, 7021-7023, gflown 15 April 1946, around the eastern end of the island.

It is not known whether these are World War I or World War II emplacements.

Information from RCAHMS (DE), March 2005

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