Wick Airfield, Torpedo Store
Bomb Store (20th Century)
Site Name Wick Airfield, Torpedo Store
Classification Bomb Store (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Torpedo Store
Canmore ID 172648
Site Number ND35SE 103.03
NGR ND 3655 5318
NGR Description Centred ND 3655 5318
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/172648
- Council Highland
- Parish Wick
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND35SE 103.03 centred 3655 5318
Fourteen small huts similar to air-raid shelters in groups of two are situated about 100m E of the main bomb store area (ND35SE 103.02). All the groups of huts appear to show evidence of earth banking. There is a single hut suggesting that one hut has been removed. The construction of a torpedo store at Wick reflects a Fleet Air Arm (FAA) presence and the use of the base by squadrons involved in anti-shipping raids off the coast of Norway.
The huts are presently in use as animal shelters.
The area is surrounded by a length of contemporary fencing of unusual design. A zig-zag pattern using angle-iron for posts.
Visited by RCAHMS, November 2001.
