Unst, Skaw, The Garths
Military Camp (Second World War)
Site Name Unst, Skaw, The Garths
Classification Military Camp (Second World War)
Alternative Name(s) Inner Skaw
Canmore ID 114593
Site Number HP61NE 6.04
NGR HP 65786 15665
NGR Description Centred HP 65786 15665
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/114593
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Unst
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HP61NE 6.04 65786 15665
The accommodation camp for the World War II military installations at Skaw are visible on evrtical air photographs (106G/Scot/Uk 97, 3107-3108, flown 18 May 1946), in an area around Inner Skaw.
At least nineteen huts are visible, most of the Nissen type, but there are two groups of four conjoined to form an E in plan.
Several hut bases survive at the site and these are depicted on the current OS 1:2500 digital scale map.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), December 2005
