Inveraray, Newtown, Combined Operations Training Centre, Town And Avenue Camps, General
Military Camp (20th Century), Village (20th Century)
Site Name Inveraray, Newtown, Combined Operations Training Centre, Town And Avenue Camps, General
Classification Military Camp (20th Century), Village (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Loch Fyne Combined Operations Training Area
Canmore ID 151681
Site Number NN00NE 85
NGR NN 093 079
NGR Description Centred NN 093 079 and centred NN 0872 0752
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/151681
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Inveraray
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NN00NE 85 Centred 093 079 and centred 0872 0752
A World War II military camp has been identified from wartime aerial photographs (RAF B309, 3398, 3.6.1941), to the S Inveraray on what is now the housing estate of Newtown.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), January 2001
Two camps which are part of a series of Combined Operations Commando training centres within the Inveraray area. Avenue camp, situated S of Newtown, is centred on a field at NN 0872 0752 and at least 50 huts, mainly of the Nissen y=type are visible on vertical air photographs taken in 1948 (CPE/Scot/364, frames 5186-5187, flown 25 April 1948).
Information from RAHMS (DE), July 2008
