Hatston Airfield
Hut(S) (20th Century), Military Camp (20th Century)
Site Name Hatston Airfield
Classification Hut(S) (20th Century), Military Camp (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Hatston Airfield Defences; Quarry Cottage
Canmore ID 269630
Site Number HY41SW 135.11
NGR HY 4276 1185
NGR Description Centred HY 4276 1185
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/269630
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Kirkwall And St Ola
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY41SW 135.11 centred 4276 1185
For pillbox see also HY41SW 135.01
A small military camp consisting of huts and tents is visible on a RAF vertical air photograph (NLA 16, 617, flown 22 June 1941, SE of a reservoir near Quarry Cottage.
The tents were replaced by more permanent huts after 1941 as they are visible on postwar air photographs (CPE/Scot/UK 188, 4174-4175, flown 10 October 1946), as Nissen type. It is not known for what purpose this camp was used.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), December 2004
