Errol Airfield, Nw Dispersals
Aircraft Hangar(S) (Second World War), Weapons Pit(S) (Second World War)
Site Name Errol Airfield, Nw Dispersals
Classification Aircraft Hangar(S) (Second World War), Weapons Pit(S) (Second World War)
Alternative Name(s) East Leys
Canmore ID 275303
Site Number NO22SE 18.03
NGR NO 26252 24130
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/275303
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Errol
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO22SE 18.03 26252 24130
Two 'T1' type aircraft hangars are visible on RAF WW II vertical air photographs (NLA 68, 4088-4089, flown 27 August 1943), on the W side of the airfield adjacent to East Leys farmsteading(NO22SE 43).
The hangar to the NE survives intact (NO 26252 34130) and has been noted by Guy (J Guy, Vol.1, 54, 1997). The second hangar may have been subsumed into what is now depicted 'Errol Granary' on the OS 1:10000 scale map (1976). Vertical aerial photographs taken in 1988 (All Scotland Survey, 50788, 226-227, flown 10 June 1988) show what may be the hangar at NO 26213 23991 as part of a larger group.
Several concrete dispersal bays along with at least three blister type hangars are visible in this area on the 1943 images.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), October 2005
Photographic Survey (26 February 2015 - 2 March 2015)
Level 2 survey of surviving buildings of WW2 airfield.
D Hall 2015
Note
The Pillbox Study Group report three weapons pits at NO 2645 2423, NO 2640 2418 and NO 2643 2416, are visible on a RAF air photograph M/110/NLA/064 05034 (flown 26 August 1943).
Information from Pillbox Study Group to HES 24 June 2022
