Sumburgh Airfield
Air Raid Shelter(S) (Second World War), Military Camp (Second World War)
Site Name Sumburgh Airfield
Classification Air Raid Shelter(S) (Second World War), Military Camp (Second World War)
Canmore ID 201658
Site Number HU31SE 34.02
NGR HU 3919 1039
NGR Description Centred HU 3919 1039
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/201658
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Dunrossness
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU31SE 34.02 centred 3919 1039
Concrete platforms and buildings, including huts recorded by A Purdy.
Information from Defence of Britain Project form, August 1996
Military accommodation camp visible on vertical air photographs (106G/Scot/UK 97, 3026-3027, flown 18 May 1946), which shows at least over thirty huts, mainly of the Nissen type in an area on the SW side of the airfield.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), December 2005
