Peterhead Airfield, Meadowbank
Sewage Works (20th Century)
Site Name Peterhead Airfield, Meadowbank
Classification Sewage Works (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Longside Airfield
Canmore ID 181065
Site Number NK04NE 12.04
NGR NK 0911 4699
NGR Description Centred NK 0911 4699
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/181065
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Peterhead
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NK04NE 12.04 centred 0911 4699
Camp Site (disused) [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1973.
(Name cited as Meadowbank and location as NK 0911 4699). The incomplete remains of a disused military camp are situated on a gentle slope at an altitude of 35m OD.
NMRS, MS/712/98.
Examination of RAF vertical air photographs (106G/Scot/UK110, 4345-4346, 23 May 1946) show that this 'Camp site (disused) is a sewage/water works for the airfield. The depiction on the OS 1:10000scale map (1973) and the current OS 1:2500 scale digital map show two circular features, which are the filtration tanks. The air photographs shows the two filtration tanks along with a flat roofed building and huts.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), November 2004
