Orkney Concrete

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Scad Head Battery, Hoy ? Last there 51 years ago - following Dad's footsteps in WW2. More wire and metal work around then, but little else changed it seems.Nice to see plain weathered concrete without the additions of modern day scrawl for a change. Nice set here, these images brought back a lot of distant memories.

I need to go to Orkney... Looks great.

That's a bit special, Thanks

Nice love to get up there one day

Fabulous, no graffiti great lines and what a view. A great spot thanks for sharing. A great reason to go up north.

thinking a trip to orkney is on the cards, cracking set of pics

Very impressive.

Very nice,must have been a bleak place to get posted to tho'

Yes, Scad Head, Hoy.
Glad you like them. Highly recommend a visit as there is so much left up there to see.

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Very nice,must have been a bleak place to get posted to tho'

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Yes it was, and I could definitely feel that when I went back,all those years ago. However there was one thing that pushed that well into the background - the inhabitants of the islands. Their friendship and generosity made up for all the other problems the 'incomers' had and it is worth remembering that the vast majority of the families had sons and fathers who were in the Merchant Navy on the North Atlantic run at that time. Dad was a QSM in the RASC and the Company patch was both the Orkneys and Shetlands for the duration - so when the locals in Stomness learnt he was going on leave Christmas 1943 to see me, a 3 month old and Mum, who he had not seem since Christmas 42 (do the math!), they presented him with two geese and other goodies! We have a picture of him, taken by a traveling companion, with the two feathered carcasses hung around his neck, getting on a crowded train in Edinburgh. When I visited, those self same people who had opened their doors to Dad and his mates, did the very same for me and I had a wonderful and very revealing four weeks in the islands.

All I can say is do visit, you will not be disappointed - the history around Scapa Flow and the Great Barriers is tangible.

Looks almost futuristic in that landscape love to go their perhaps one day.

Here's a few more - mainly the searchlight positions. Thanks All.

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I love places like this that are created purely for functionality, but have actually led to some really interesting forms.
Top photos too, thanks for sharing!

This is amazing, I have always been fasinated by remants of the WWs. This site has similarities to the Beacon Hill Fort - Harwich.

Wonderious, some great concrete porn