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77mm FK96 n/a at Eilan Donan
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These two guns on either side of the Clan McCrae memorial at Eilan Donan Castle, Scotland are well known but I've not seen their serials reported. The guns are in bad condition, the wheels have been replaced with agricultural al metal wheels, one has the end of the trail and the spade detached through rust and the breech ends are covered with thick paint. Someone seems to have investigated before me and scratched off a little paint. The serials seem to be 221 and 711 (what looks like a third letter '1' is I think corrosion not a number). The origin of the guns eludes me.  I believe that they were not there when the memorial was created in the 1930s but are probably trophies from another location (in Scotland?). An enquiry to the Clan website has produced no info yet.  Does anyone know more about them?



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