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Castletown Airfield

Pillbox (20th Century)

Site Name Castletown Airfield

Classification Pillbox (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Castletown Airfield Defences

Canmore ID 249230

Site Number ND26NW 36.13

NGR ND 21041 67616

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Olrig
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Caithness
  • Former County Caithness

Archaeology Notes

ND26NW 36.13 21041 67616

A type 27 pillbox has been identified from a vertical air photograph, (RAF CPE/Scot/UK/264, 3036, flown 14 August 1947), in the angle if a minor road about 50m E of Thurdistoft farmhouse (ND26NW 43). Nothing could be seen at this location on the date of visit, it has been removed during the post Second World War period.

Visited by RCAHMS (DE, GS), August 1991

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