Rusting in peacetime

Remains of a rusting gun emplacement mounting situated at the entrance to Stornoway harbour. I am indebted to Ruairidh C Moir, architect, for the following info:

'The structures are unique in Scotland for their formation.  What remains of the defensive camp are two semi-circular, semi-underground gun enclosures, housing a 6” Mark 7 coast gun, guarded by an imposing watch and control tower, with two smaller enclosures each housing searchlights  on nearby rocky headlands.  

''Administrative and accommodation buildings were located to the north of the site and have since been removed.  The guns and searchlights were removed in the early 1950s – the rusting corpse of their mangled mountings remain fused to the ground.

'The scheme designer is unknown, however it is believed to have been built at the beginning of the Second World War by the major building firm Willie Logan, who went on to build the Tay Road Bridge with a similar constructional palette of reinforced concrete consisting of large pebbles and shore shingle – which brown to that distinctive marine, harled effect.  Willie Logan also founded Loganair as a personal air taxi to zip him between projects – the airline still operates in Scotland today.'