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Forres Airfield

Airfield (20th Century)

Site Name Forres Airfield

Classification Airfield (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Mundole Cottages; Waterside; Balnageith

Canmore ID 81616

Site Number NJ05NW 97

NGR NJ 020 580

NGR Description Centred NJ 020 580

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Moray
  • Parish Forres
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Moray
  • Former County Morayshire

Archaeology Notes

NJ05NW 97.00 centred 020 580

NJ05NW 97.01 NJ 0212 5868 Pillbox

NJ05NW 97.02 NJ 0182 5711 Pillbox

NJ05NW 97.03 NJ 0164 5693 Pillbox

NJ05NW 97.04 NJ 02381 58587 Pillbox

NJ05NW 97.05 NJ 0240 5840 Royal Air Force, Married Quarters

For (Pilmuir) cropmarks (centred NJ 020 583) within the area of the airfield, see NJ05NW 35.

Forres or Mundole was a grass runway satellite. A short concrete strip was built in 1960. Most of the original buildings have been demolished and modern houses have encroached on to the site.

D J Smith 1983.

Aircraft hardstands are still depicted on latest OS map (OS 1:10,000 1984) to the S of Mundole Cottages.

J Guy 1992; NMRS, MS/810/1 (1992).

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