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Benbecula Airfield, Cnoc Rolum, Battle H.q.
Battlefield Headquarters (20th Century)
Site Name Benbecula Airfield, Cnoc Rolum, Battle H.q.
Classification Battlefield Headquarters (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Dun Gainmhich; Dunganachy
Canmore ID 274513
Site Number NF75NE 4.11
NGR NF 78951 55030
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/274513
- Council Western Isles
- Parish South Uist
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
NF75NE 4.11 78951 55030
The former Battle HQ for Benbecula Airfield is situated in a field about 40m WSW of an abandoned farmsteading annotated 'Knock Rolum' on the current OS 1:25,000 scale map.
It is visible on vertical air photographs taken in 1946 (CPE/Scot/UK 191, 4042-4043, flown 10 October 1946).
Information via e-mail to RCAHMS from J Guy, September 2005
