Kirkwall Aerodrome
Aircraft Hangar(S) (20th Century), Dispersal Bay(S) (20th Century)
Site Name Kirkwall Aerodrome
Classification Aircraft Hangar(S) (20th Century), Dispersal Bay(S) (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Grimsetter Airfield; Hms Robin
Canmore ID 174599
Site Number HY40NE 27.02
NGR HY 47515 08349
NGR Description HY 47515 08349 and HY 47604 08349
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/174599
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Kirkwall And St Ola
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY40NE 27.02 47515 08349 and 47604 08349
Two extant S/Main or Mainhill type hangars are situated on the W side of the airfield 350m S of the shoreline at Sand of Wideford. The two aircraft hangars are still used service aircraft and both have recently been re-painted. A new building (post 1948) has been constructed between the two hangars.
In WW II these two hangars formed part of an original group of three, the concrete base of the third is still visible 150m to the N and in addition a few Nissen huts, now removed, also stood immediately S of the remaining dispersal bay.
Visited by RCAHMS (DE, SW), August 2000.
