Peterhead Airfield, Camp
Air Raid Shelter(S) (Second World War), Military Camp (Second World War)
Site Name Peterhead Airfield, Camp
Classification Air Raid Shelter(S) (Second World War), Military Camp (Second World War)
Alternative Name(s) Berryhill Villa
Canmore ID 181066
Site Number NK04NE 12.05
NGR NK 0919 4667
NGR Description Centred NK 0919 4667
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/181066
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Peterhead
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NK04NE 12.05 centred 0919 4667
(Name cited as Berryhill Villa and location as NK 0919 4667). The incomplete remains of a disused military camp are situated on a gentle slope at an altitude of 40m OD.
NMRS, MS/712/98.
RAF vertical air photographs (106G/Scot/UK110, 4345-4346, 23 May 1946), show that this 'camp' is a group of Nissen and other huts set around an open area about 250m N of Berryhill Villa (NK 0910 4644). It is not known wther these huts were for accommodation or for other use.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), November 2004
Reference (January 2013)
Three air raid shelters of unknown type are extant at this site and visible on Google earth 2006 imagery. They are at NK0917 4666, NK092 64669 and NK0926 4664. They are marked as structures on the OS map.
Information from the UK Pillbox Study Group, January 2013
Note (25 January 2021)
Three air raid shelters have been identified as Stanton type.
Information from Pillbox Study Group to HES 25 January 2021
