Craigewan
Anti Glider Ditches(S) (Second World War)
Site Name Craigewan
Classification Anti Glider Ditches(S) (Second World War)
Alternative Name(s) Peterhead New Golf Course
Canmore ID 367238
Site Number NK14NW 534
NGR NK 1167 4775
NGR Description NK 1167 4775 and NK 1165 4794
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/367238
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish St Fergus
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Aberdeenshire
Note (14 January 2021)
Two Anti-Glider Ditches c.190m apart, are visible on a RAF vertical air photograph M/093/FNO/070 06083 (flown 24 July 1942). They run roughly ENE-WSW across flat ground of the Peterhead New Golf Course. Faint trace of the southern ditch is visible on 25cm Getmapping aerial photography.
Information from HES (AKK) 14 January 2021