Banff, Boyndie Airfield, Crows Wood, Domestic Site, Waaf Accommodation Camps, Sites 4 And 5
Air Raid Shelter (Second World War), Military Camp(S) (20th Century)
Site Name Banff, Boyndie Airfield, Crows Wood, Domestic Site, Waaf Accommodation Camps, Sites 4 And 5
Classification Air Raid Shelter (Second World War), Military Camp(S) (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Muir Of Rettie
Canmore ID 293491
Site Number NJ66SW 21.11
NGR NJ 62200 62800
NGR Description Centred NJ 62200 62800
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/293491
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Boyndie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Banffshire
NJ66SW 21.11 centred 62200 62800
A group of hut bases are situated in Crow's Wood, some 30 of which are depicted on the current OS digital maps. Several are much larger and were for mess halls and recreational puposes.
The camp was to house Womens Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) personnel serving on the airfield and was deliberately located separate from the other (male) accommodation sites.
The huts are visible on vertical air photographs (106G/Scot/UK 108, frames 3056-3057, flown 23 May 1946), which show that at that date there were at least 35 huts, mainly of the Nissen type.
The site was not visited during a survey of the area.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), March 2008
Note (2 February 2021)
The Pillbox Study Group has recorded a last shelter at NJ 6221 6304 depicted on a OS 1:2500 map (1963).
Information from Pillbox Study Group to HES 2 February 2021
