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Houton Head, battery 325m west of Sunnybraes

A Scheduled Monument in Kirkwall West and Orphir, Orkney Islands

The entrance to the battery

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Foundations visible of the previously demolished buildings

Uploaded by Neil Thain - Aerial Vision Orkney on 17 April 2021

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