Castle Battery, Shapinsay. Coast Artillery Battery: S0015239

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2 4.7″ QF Mk4 on Mk3 mountings were emplaced here. The battery was never really finished – there being no overhead cover for the guns and the BOP was a Jane Hut.

Castle Battery, Shapinsay.
Castle Battery, Shapinsay.
Castle Battery, Shapinsay.
Castle Battery, Shapinsay.
Pictures above – Dave Woodhouse.