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Views of Flotta 2006

Posted on September 14, 2011 by S. M. Hewitt
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Special thanks to Aileen and Harry Chapman

Neb Battery looking east
Pan shore
Fara and Cava and mainland Orkney
Buchanan Battery, Golta, Kirkwall
Double rainbow
Contrasting sky
Looking south to Switha
Looking south-east to South Ronaldsay
Looking south-east to Stanger Head
From Golta looking across to P.O
Looking east to S. Ronaldsay (and Me!)
Looking south to Pentland Skerries
Pan Pier
Y.M.C.A on Golta
School: Snow in March
The Geo at Stanger
Switha and Cantick Head
Looking west to Hoy
Cletts
Cletts

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Stanger Head

Posted on September 14, 2011 by S. M. Hewitt
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Many thanks to Aileen and Harry Chapman for sharing their photographs of a sunny day at Stanger Head, July 2005. Stanger Head was once home to an army  camp and a Royal Navy signal station

Map produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map service. Reproduced with kind permission of Ordnance Survey and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland.

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Buchanan Battery

Posted on September 14, 2011 by S. M. Hewitt
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Buchanan Battery
Buchanan building
Gun emplacement
Looking north
View of director tower
Battery walls
View from director tower

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Map of Flotta – 2005

Posted on September 14, 2011 by S. M. Hewitt
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Image produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map service. Image reproduced with kind permission of Ordnance Survey and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland.

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Spotted on Flotta

Posted on September 14, 2011 by S. M. Hewitt
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Aileen Chapman
John Hewitt

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Flotta Flora

Posted on September 14, 2011 by S. M. Hewitt
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Wild Angelica
Northern Marsh Orchid
Marsh Cinquefoil

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