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Buchanan Battery, Isle of Flotta, Orkney, Scotland
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Buchanan Battery on Isle of Flotta, Orkney, was completed and armed in March 1940 with a single 12-pounder gun. During May 1940 this was increased to twin 12-pounder guns and subsequently altered to a twin 6-pounder early in 1941. In addition to the dominating three-storey battery observation post (BOP) or direction tower, there is a separate observation post, generator house, magazine and four searchlight emplacements.
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