Scult Of Laward
Nissen Hut(S) (20th Century), Structure (20th Century)
Site Name Scult Of Laward
Classification Nissen Hut(S) (20th Century), Structure (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Sumburgh Airfield
Canmore ID 201687
Site Number HU41SW 32
NGR HU 4086 1024
NGR Description c. HU 4086 1024
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/201687
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Dunrossness
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU41SW 32 centred 4086 1024
centred 4095 1025. Concrete bases for Nissen and other huts with a stone built strucure.
Infromation from Defence of Britain Project form
A Purdy, August 1996.
Two Nissen huts are visible on RAF WW II vertical air photographs (WL 10, 2 115-2 116, flown 4 July 1942 at Scult of Laward to the E of Sumburgh Airfield. By the date of the immediate postwar series (106G/Scot/UK 97, 4029-4030, flown 18 May 1946), one hut had been removed.
The stone built structure (c.HU 4095 1025) noted by Purdy (A Purdy 1996) is also viisble on both sets of air photographs.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), January 2006
