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HY4800 : St George and his dragon

taken 8 years ago, near to Graemeshall, Mainland, Orkney Islands, Scotland

St George and his dragon
St George and his dragon
A statue constructed from barbed wire and concrete towards the end of WW2 by some of the Italian prisoners of war who had been shipped from North Africa to Lamb Holm to construct the Churchill Barriers protecting Scapa Flow naval base.

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Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts Grassland Religious sites Islands Island: Lamb Holm Primary Subject: Statue other tags: Orkney Italian Chapel Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Churchill Barrier [38] · St George [12] · Scapa Flow [8] · Statue of St George [8] ·
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HY4800, 174 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
James Allan   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 13 May, 2017   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 24 May, 2017
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! HY 4875 0058 [10m precision]
WGS84: 58:53.3695N 2:53.4550W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! HY 4877 0063
View Direction
South-southwest (about 202 degrees)
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