Lewis, Raf Stornoway Airfield
Bomb Store (20th Century)
Site Name Lewis, Raf Stornoway Airfield
Classification Bomb Store (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Stornoway Airport; Blar Buidhe
Canmore ID 297715
Site Number NB43SE 10.02
NGR NB 44932 33310
NGR Description Centred NB 44932 33310
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Western Isles
- Parish Stornoway
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NB43SE 10.02 centred 44932 33310
Examination of a series of vertical air photographs taken early in 1946 (106G/Scot/UK 103, frames 3259-3262; 4152-4155, flown 19 May 1946), has identified the main technical site, several dispersed domestic sites, an area of aircraft hangars, with buildings and huts.
The bomb or ammunition store is visible on frames 3260-3262 in an area annotated as 'Blar Buidhe' on the current OS digital maps. The store is visible as a line of four bays with a long building immediately to the S. The depiction on the modern maps shows that the area has been re-used for another purpose.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), January 2009
