Sandyford
Military Installation (Second World War)(Possible)
Site Name Sandyford
Classification Military Installation (Second World War)(Possible)
Canmore ID 297196
Site Number NS32NE 123
NGR NS 3845 2539
NGR Description c.NS 3845 2539
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/297196
- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Ayr
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kyle And Carrick
- Former County Ayrshire
c.3845 2539
A possible WW II installation has been identified from large scale vertical air photographs (106G/UK 986, frames 4200-4201, flown 9 NOvember 1945), in a field about 270m SE of Sandyford farmstead.
Visible on the photographs is a circular tower with a conical roof set within a square fenced enclosure with what may be a hut at the NW edge.
The feature, which remains as an unidentified site, is similar to those that have been noted at Whinhill in Renfrewshire (NS27SE 126) and Alderston, East Lothian (NT47NE 190).
It has been suggested (Mr I Borwn, Radar Archive), that the tower may be a DF site.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), December 2008
