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East Haven Airfield, Royal Naval Air Station

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Airfield (20th Century)

Site Name East Haven Airfield, Royal Naval Air Station

Classification Airfield (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Hms Peewit

Canmore ID 93089

Site Number NO53NE 59

NGR NO 5971 3755

NGR Description Centred NO 5971 3755

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Angus
  • Parish Panbride
  • Former Region Tayside
  • Former District Angus
  • Former County Angus

Archaeology Notes

NO53NE 59.00 Centred 5971 3855

NO53NE 59.01 centred NO 5784 3877 Military Camp

NO53NE 59.02 NO 58783 37181 Operations block

NO53NE 59.03 centred NO 59133 37197 Aircraft Hangars; Buildings; Huts

NO53NE 59.04 centred NO 5889 3785 Aircraft Hangars; Huts

NO53NE 59.05 centred NO 5985 3804 Aircraft Hangars; Huts

NO53NE 59.06 centred NO 5880 3895 Military Camp

NO53NE 59.07 centred NO 5810 3700 Military Camp

NO53NE 59.08 NO 5912 3778 Control Tower (site of)

NO63NW 35 centred NO 6045 3791 Bomb Store

The air station was commissioned as HMS Peewit on May 1 1943 and closed in July 1946.

D J Smith 1983

The perimeter of the airfield has been recorded on aerial photographs taken during the 1994 sortie (RCAHMSAP 1994).

Information from RCAHMS (JH) 20 January 1998.

The airfield is situated N of East Haven between the A 92 Trunk Road and the coast. Many buildings are still extant along with the runways.

J Guy 2000; NMRS MS 810/9

East Haven airfield was used during World War II for Deck Landing Control Ofiicers.

B Lavery 2004

The complete area covered by East Haven airfield, including the dispersed accommodation camps is visible on a series of vertical air photographs (CPE/Scot/UK 218, 3201-3207; 4201-4209, flown 25 June 1947).

The airfield takes up an area of about 119.57 hectares, whilst the three dispersed accommodation camps NO53NE 59.01, NO53NE 59.06, NO53NE 59.07 (9.70, 7.39 and 4.02 hectares respectively), a total of 21.11 hectares. There were originally three runways, a NE-SW, W to E and NW to SE (about 1103m, 917m and 874m long respectively), though evidence from the 1988 series of air photographs and OS maps would suggest that the two shorter runways have been now reduced in length by ploughing.

The aircraft hangars are dispersed in three areas, the main group being to the NW of the runways with two other groups on the NE and SW sides. The main group of hangars to the NW (NO53NE 59.03) of the demolished control tower (NO53NE 59.08), consisted of ten 'Mainhill' or 'S' type Naval aircraft sheds set within earth blast banks with a further two 'T' or Bellman types. The group on the E side of the airfield consisted of at least twelve 'Mainhill' or 'S' type aircraft hangars, most set within earth blast banks. The group on the W side, located between Hatton House and Hatton Farm, consisted of five 'Mainhill' or 'S' type aircraft hangars, four of which were within earth blast banks. Of this group, four survive.

Three dispersed accommodation camps are also visible on the air photographs (NO53NE 59.01, NO53NE 59.06, NO53NE 59.07 ), though little survives of any of them .

Information from RCAHMS (DE), October 2005

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