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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 771323
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/771323
NO66NW 75.05 centred 6235 6918
The buildings of the administration and accommodation area indicate occupation by about 200 or 300 personnel (a high proportion of them being married) with ample communal facilities. New 'Barracks' (Buildings 333 and 393) or Bachelor Enlisted Quarters (BEQ's) have been built, with an associated dining hall or 'Galley' (Building 392) to the N of the E hangar (centred around NO 624 694); interior inspection showed these to be based around carpeted, 3-berth cabins with en suite facilities, and of a significantly higher standard than would be expected in British service. These buildings probably replace the extended building of 'spine-and-branches' form that is depicted on the OS 1:2500 map of 1974 between NO 6224 6920 and NO 6236 6925, but has evidently been since demolished.
Most of the administration, communal, support and stores buildings, including the church, have been converted (sometimes radically) from standard RAF accommodation or utility buildings. The apparent absence of a wardroom or Bachelor Officers' Quarters is noteworthy.
Visited by RCAHMS (RJCM), 13 August 1997.
NMRS, DC35998.
