Fearn Airfield
Air Raid Shelter(S) (20th Century), Aircraft Hangar(S) (20th Century), Building(S) (20th Century), Nissen Hut(S) (20th Century)
Site Name Fearn Airfield
Classification Air Raid Shelter(S) (20th Century), Aircraft Hangar(S) (20th Century), Building(S) (20th Century), Nissen Hut(S) (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Hms Owl; Loans Of Rarichie
Canmore ID 114468
Site Number NH87NW 21.03
NGR NH 8496 7549
NGR Description Centred NH 8496 7549
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/114468
- Council Highland
- Parish Fearn
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH87NW 21.03 Centred 8496 7549
Situated on the SE perimter of the airfield is a further part of the technical area. In this area are two dispersal pens or 'blast pens' which have been half demolished. The most prominent building in this sector of the airfield is a possible large engine test house (NH87NW 21.09) and to the SE (NH 8500 7558) another large concrete and brick building which probably housed a large generator. At NH 8495 7548 and NH 8487 7544 are what appears to be two Nissen-type dining rooms in advanced states of collapse. Scattered around the area are several air-raid shelters, both underground and emergency types, concrete hangar bases for both Mainhill and Blister type hangars, ablutions blocks and a series of blast walls that originally stood to the rear of the Mainhill type hangars. The area is visible on a vertical air photograph (RAF CPE/Scot/UK/223, flown 1947, 4152).
Visited by RCAHMS (DE) January and May 1997
