East Fortune Airfield, Accommodation Camps
Air Raid Shelter(S) (Second World War) (1939)-(1945), Military Camp(S) (20th Century)
Site Name East Fortune Airfield, Accommodation Camps
Classification Air Raid Shelter(S) (Second World War) (1939)-(1945), Military Camp(S) (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Gilmerton House Home Farm
Canmore ID 271626
Site Number NT57NW 181.12
NGR NT 5450 7778
NGR Description NT 5450 7778 and NT 5483 7684
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/271626
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Athelstaneford
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT57NW 181.12 5450 7778 and 5483 7684
Two small groups of huts, one situated immediately W of Gilmerton House Home Farm, the other where three field boundaries about 400m S of the Cogtail Burn.
Both groups are visible on RAF WW II vertical air photographs (NLA 68, 3041-3049,4041-4049, flown 26 August 1943).
Information from RCAHMS (DE), March 2005
Note (27 October 2021)
Four blast shelters can be seen at NT 5462 7780, NT 5453 7780, NT 5447 7780,
NT 5445 7778, beside the row of airfield camp buildings.
Information from Pillbox Study Group and HES (AKK) 27 October 2021
