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Annan Airfield, Creca Camp, Domestic Site
Air Raid Shelter(S) (20th Century), Building(S) (20th Century), Hut(S) (20th Century), Military Camp (20th Century)
Site Name Annan Airfield, Creca Camp, Domestic Site
Classification Air Raid Shelter(S) (20th Century), Building(S) (20th Century), Hut(S) (20th Century), Military Camp (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Chapelcross
Canmore ID 280532
Site Number NY27SW 39.03
NGR NY 22606 70368
NGR Description Centred NY 22606 70368
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/280532
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Annan
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NY27SW 39.03 centred 22606 70368
A dispersed domestic site is situated at Creca, about 600m NE of the airfield. The largest proportion of the site is on the S side of the minor road that runs through the village.
Some elements of the camp survive in an area annotated as 'Creca Camp' on the OS 1:10000 scale map (1975).
The camp is visible on RAF WW II vertical air photographs (FNO 158, 6.39-6.40, flown 26 September 1942) and a postwar sortie (106G/Scot/UK 40, 3067-3068, flown 4 May 1946) which show that there were at least seventeen buildings and huts with twenty emergency air-raid shelters. Also visible on the air photographs is a gas decontamination centre at c.NY 2184 6904, which has since been demolished.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), April 2006
Only a few of the huts survive of the airfield domestic site and are visible on oblique aerial views taken in April 2010. Two small groups of huts, either side of the road are visible on the photographs along with several individual buildings or huts. Much of the former 'camp' area would now appear to be in use as small industiral units, with the village situated on either side oof the road to the SE.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), April 2010
Note (4 June 2021)
Pillbox Study Group report up to 15 blast shelters within a domestic camp visible on RAF vertical air photograph 106G/Scot/UK/0041 3322 (flown 04 May 1946).
Information from Pillbox Study Group 4 June 2021
