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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 757325
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/757325
NT58SW 68.00 Centred 5059 8115
For part of airfield which falls on map sheet se NT48SE 83.00 and see also pillbox NT58SW 67
NT58SW 68.01 centred NT 50577 80982 Aircraft Hangars; Buildings
NT58SW 68.02 centred NT 50929 81331 Building
NT58SW 68.03 centred NT 5133 8179 Cinema; Buildings
NT58SW 68.04 NT 50577 80982 Pillbox
NT58SW 68.05 NT 5095 8164 Pillbox
NT58SW 68.06 NT 5101 8132 Pillbox
NT58SW 68.07 centred NT 5107 8146 Barracks
NT58SW 68.08 centred NT 51053 80634 Sewage Works
NT58SW 68.09 centred NT 5080 8147 Buildings; Huts
This World War One and Two airfield is situated around two miles S of Dirleton village and some of the site is now used by Fenton Barns for industrial farming.
The airfield has many buildings still extant, but no hard runways and has several good examples of dispersal bays. Various areas of the airfield have been identified at the following grid references:
Bomb Stores NT 493 809, NT 494 810, NT 494 809
Battle Headquarters NT 496 808
Dispersal Bays NT 498 803, NT 500 802
Sewage Farm NT 510 807
Pillbox NT 518 817
Shelter NT 503 804
Building NT 512 831
J A Guy 1997; NMRS MS 810/5, 178-183, 184, 185
