Flotta, Roan Head Battery

What is recorded here

Flotta, Roan Head Battery is a coastal battery in Orkney Islands, Scotland.

From the Historic Environment Scotland record 81808

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Recorded parish

Walls and Flotta

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Photo credits

• Claire Pegrum, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Derek Mayes, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Hugh Venables, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• George Brown, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Chris, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• N Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Andy Farrington, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Peter Church, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Ian Balcombe, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Rude Health, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

Tween the WicksBay · 270 ydFlotta, Roan HeadBuilding (20th Century), Structure(s) (20th Century) · 494 ydFlotta, Red FaceEarthwork (20th Century) · 532 ydCalf of FlottaIslet · 1140 ydNevi Skerry, BeaconBeacon · 1244 ydNevi SkerryFindspot (21st Century), Pot (17th Century), Ship (post Medieval) · 1253 ydFlottaIsland · 1.7 miBalfour Coast BatteryVisitor information · 2.0 miHoxa Tapestry GalleryGallery · 2.1 miWidewall BayBay · 2.7 miInnan Neb gun battery and observation towerCastle, fort or tower · 3.1 miHoxa HillMountain / peak · 3.2 mi

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