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Benbecula Airport
Aircraft Hangar(S) (20th Century)
Site Name Benbecula Airport
Classification Aircraft Hangar(S) (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Balivanich; Raf Benbecula Airfield; Benbecula Aerodrome
Canmore ID 274496
Site Number NF75NE 4.08
NGR NF 78969 56553
NGR Description NF 78969 56553 and NF 79170 56639
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/274496
- Council Western Isles
- Parish South Uist
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
NF75NE 4.08 78969 56553 and 79170 56639
Two half size T2 type aircraft hangars are visible on vertical air photographs taken in 1946 (CPE/Scot/UK191, 4041-4043, flown 10 October 1946), in an area between the N side of the ruwnays and the Bomb store (NF75NE 4.07). The access taxiways and hangar bases are still visible on more recent aerial photography (All scotland Survey 04 87, 155-156, flown 22 May 1987), which show that some more recently built huts and buildings have utilised the concrete bases.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), August 2005
