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Aerial view of Fearn airfield, W of Balintore, Tarbet Ness, looking NW.
SC 1896374
Description Aerial view of Fearn airfield, W of Balintore, Tarbet Ness, looking NW.
Date 1998
Collection Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 1896374
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Fearn airfield was built for the RAF in WW2. It was taken over by the Royal Navy in 1942, RNAS Fearn (HMS Owl). The photo shows crop marks of two U-shaped blast banks used to protect airplanes. On modern photos these are now completely ploughed out. The rectangular area just R of centre represents previous buildings, this is now reverted to scrub. Title and Scope & Content contributed by North of Scotland Archaeological Society (2021).
Accession Number 2019/15
External Reference P10779
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