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Burntmoor
Bomb Crater(S) (20th Century)
Site Name Burntmoor
Classification Bomb Crater(S) (20th Century)
Canmore ID 271058
Site Number ND34SW 377
NGR ND 30138 40134
NGR Description ND 30138 40134 and ND 30154 40122
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/271058
- Council Highland
- Parish Latheron
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND34SW 377 ND 30138 40134 & ND 30154 40122
The bomb craters are visible on vertical air photographs (CPE/Scot/UK 264, 3334-3336, flown 14 August 1947).
Information from RCAHMS (DE), December 2005.
Two bomb craters dating from the Second World War lie 10m apart some 30m SSE of the ruins of the farm cottage at Burntmoor steading (ND34SW 402). The northern crater (YARROWS04 102), which measures 8m in diameter by up to 0.7m in depth, has been partly filled in. The southern crater (YARROWS04 138), which measures 9m in diameter and at least 0.7m in depth, is now water-filled.
According to the present tenant, the bombs were jettisoned from a German aircraft during WWII and damaged the roof of the farm cottage so badly that it was abandoned soon after.
(YARROWS04 102, 138)
Visited by RCAHMS (ATW) 28 April 2004.
