Archaeology Notes

Event ID 751075

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/751075

NS98SW 23.00 centred 93843 80920 (site record is centred on the rough central point of the WWII airfield layout, now located near the play park and reinstated runway surface within Inchyra Park)

NS98SW 23.01 NS 9395 8146 Pillbox

NS98SW 23.02 NS c.9450 8041 Pillbox

NS98SW 23.03 NS c.9468 8101 Pillbox

NS98SW 23.04 NS c.9399 8033 Pillbox

NS98SW 23.04 NS c.9343 8043 Pillbox

NS98SW 23.05 NS c.9343 8043 Pillbox

NS98SW 23.06 NS 93641 81363 and NS 93797 81432 Hangars

NS98SW 23.07 NS c.94396 81183 Pillbox

NS98SW 23.08 Centred on N S9389 8149 Air Raid Shelters

For WWII road block at NS c. 9378 8160, see NS98SW 87.

ARCHITECT: Alex Mair, 1939.

(Undated) information in NMRS.

Now totally obliterated by the BP oil refinery and other industrial development.

D J Smith 1983.

This airfield falls in an area bounded by the A904, B9143, B9132 and A905 roads. The only surviving elements of the airfield are the two large hangars which have been modified. These are in use as factory units within an industrial estate.

J Guy 1999; NMRS MS 810/7, 26-7, P4