Hatston Airfield
Pillbox (20th Century)
Site Name Hatston Airfield
Classification Pillbox (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Hatston Airfield Defences
Canmore ID 269626
Site Number HY41SW 135.07
NGR HY 4306 1295
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/269626
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Kirkwall And St Ola
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY41SW 135.07 4306 1295
No trace could be found of a pillbox visible on WW II RAF vertical air photographs (NLA 16, 617-618, flown 22 June 1941) at the S side of the junction between the A965 and the northern extension to the main airfield runway. The pillbox stood within an ovoid barbed-wire fenced enclosure.
The pillbox is still visible on 1946 imagery (CPE/Scot/UK 118, 4176-4177, flown 10 October 1946). It is not known when the structure was removed.
Visited by RCAHMS (DE), August 1999
