Archaeology Notes

Event ID 754790

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NS46NE 43.00 centred 475 667

NS46NE 43.01 NS c.4811 6615 Pillbox

NS46NE 43.02 NS c.4804 6582 Pillbox

NS46NE 43.03 NS c.4722 6587 Pillbox

NS46NE 43.04 NS c.4711 6651 Pillbox

NS46NE 43.05 NS c.4688 6702 Pillbox

NS46NE 43.06 NS c.4744 6726 Pillbox

NS46NE 43.07 NS c.4793 6735 Pillbox

NS46NE 43.08 NS c.4843 6715 Pillbox

NS46NE 43.09 NS c.4855 6676 Pillbox

NS46NE 43.10 NS 4846 6630 Pillbox

NS46NE 43.11 NS 47333 66167 and NS 47302 66089 Aircraft Hangars

NS46NE 43.12 NS c.4736 6583 Pillbox

Glasgow Airport shows its RAF naval past by the continued existence of a few wartime buildings. After the war, Abbotsinch continued to be used by the Royal Navy, finally leaving in October 1963. The airfield was then prepared for use as Glasgow's airport and by 1966 was being used by many major airlines. Two naval type hangars remained still in use.

D J Smith 1983

A Callender-Hamilton hangar close to the terminal is still in use by airport vehicles. Loganair use the adjacent 'C' type.

B Quarrie (ed) 1987

Glasgow Airport terminal buildings have recently been completely refurbished and modernised, work continues to improve other areas of the airport.

Information from RCAHMS (DE) 14 March 1996

Recorded by Mr Guy in his Strathclyde Region survey.

J Guy 2001; NMRS MS 810/11, Vol.1, 186-7

A defensive ring of nine type 27 pillboxes (NS46NE 43.01-09) which are visible on RAF wartime vertical air photographs (E309, 7013-7053, flown 3 October 1941) have almost certainly all been removed during the recent reconstruction and rebuilding of Glasgow Airport.

Information from RCAHMS (DE), December 2001

One type 27 pillbox (NS46NE 43.10) was still extant in 1980s and it is not known whether this has survived the more recent airport rebuilding programme.

Information from RCAHMS (DE), April 2003