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Salterhill
Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Site Name Salterhill
Classification Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Rig And Furrow (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Lossiemouth Airfield; Raf Lossiemouth
Canmore ID 156921
Site Number NJ26NW 79
NGR NJ 2035 6786
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/156921
- Council Moray
- Parish Drainie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
NJ26NW 79 2035 6786
Vertical air photography (BKS NJ26N/2633060, flown 9 July 1976) has recorded the cropmarks an area of rig and a rectilinear enclosure in the NE corner of the field.
NMRS, MS/712/91.
The area indicates falls within that of what have evidently been dispersals of Lossiemouth airfield (RAF Lossiemouth: NJ26NW 50).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 24 January 2000.
Watching Brief (October 2021)
NJ 2008/6818 (centred) A watching brief was conducted in October 2021 for a number of test-pits. Development site lies to an area used as dispersal area of RAF Lossiemouth during Second World War (Canmore ID: 156921). Work revealed no archaeological features or deposits in the development area.
Archive: NRHE and Moray HER Funder: UHI
Stuart Farrell
(Source: DES Volume 23)
