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Sumburgh Airfield

Military Camp (Second World War)

Site Name Sumburgh Airfield

Classification Military Camp (Second World War)

Canmore ID 201661

Site Number HU31SE 34.03

NGR HU 3910 1060

NGR Description Centred HU 3910 1060

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Shetland Islands
  • Parish Dunrossness
  • Former Region Shetland Islands Area
  • Former District Shetland
  • Former County Shetland

Archaeology Notes

HU31SE 34.03 centred 3910 1060

Military accommodation camp visible on vertical air photographs (106G/Scot/UK 97, 3026-3027, flown 18 May 1946), which shows at least over thirty huts, mainly of the Nissen type in an area on the W side of the airfield.

Information from RCAHMS (DE), December 2005

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