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Lord Kithener's Monument, Marwick Head Orkney
Sudzonic
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Posted: Thursday, August 26, 2010 - 08:51 AM UTC
Hay all thought i would share this with you all.

Today i went out to the Kitchener's monument here in Orkney, I have never been up to it despite spending most of my life on Orkney.

Here are the Wiki links to tell you the story of HMS Hampshire and Lord Kitchener.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Hampshire_(1903)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_Kitchener,_1st_Earl_Kitchener

Here are the pictures i took today.


The View of the Monument from the car park.


Getting closer to it.


The monument its self.


The plaque on the monument.


Another view of the Monument.


The cliffs at Marwick Head.