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Benbecula Airport, Royal Artillery Range Radar Installation
Barracks (20th Century), Building(S) (20th Century), Radar Site (20th Century)
Site Name Benbecula Airport, Royal Artillery Range Radar Installation
Classification Barracks (20th Century), Building(S) (20th Century), Radar Site (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Balivanich; Raf Benbecula Airfield; Benbecula Aerodrome
Canmore ID 274434
Site Number NF75NE 4.03
NGR NF 78578 55244
NGR Description Centred NF 78578 55244
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/274434
- Council Western Isles
- Parish South Uist
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
NF75NE 4.03 centred 78578 55244
The site is depicted as a 'barracks' on the OS 1:10000 scale map (1990) and is now occupied by the Royal Artillery Range radar installations, with buildings to a different configuration to that shown on the map. Two masts within circular enclosures are shown immediately to the N of the complex on the current OS 1:2500 scale digital map.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), August 2005.
