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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 819616
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/819616
NF19NW 61 10427 99028 and NT10442 99028
(Gun Emplacement NF 10427 99028; Magazine NF 10442 99028)
A steel and concrete built gun-emplacement is situated about 200m SE of the pier at St Kilda village (NF19NW 1). Consisting of one 4-inch gun mounted on a concrete emplacement with a sunken magazine.
The gun and sunken magazine were completed during October 1918 after a bombardment by a U-boat during May 1918.
J Guy 2002; NMRS MS 810/12, 73, 79-80