Sumburgh Airfield
Control Tower (20th Century)
Site Name Sumburgh Airfield
Classification Control Tower (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Sumburgh Airport
Canmore ID 277731
Site Number HU31SE 34.07
NGR HU 39285 10605
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/277731
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Dunrossness
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU31SE 34.07 39285 10605
The control tower is situated within the technical area of the airfield within the angle created by runways on the W side.
The tower is visible on RAF WW II vertical air photogrpahs (WL 10, 2.120-2.121, flown 4 July 1942), immediately to the N of two aircraft hangars. The tower is also visible on a postwar series of air photographs (106G/Scot/UK 97, 4029-4030, flown 18 May 1946), which by this date had a letter identification of 'UM' mark added immediately forward .
The tower was upgraded and substantially modified as part of the modernisation in the 1970s.
INformation from RCAHMS (DE), December 2005