Fraserburgh Airfield, Technical Site
Air Raid Shelter(S) (20th Century), Aircraft Hangar (20th Century), Building(S) (20th Century)
Site Name Fraserburgh Airfield, Technical Site
Classification Air Raid Shelter(S) (20th Century), Aircraft Hangar (20th Century), Building(S) (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Inverallochy Airfield
Canmore ID 282125
Site Number NK06SW 26.02
NGR NK 03393 64237
NGR Description Centred NK 03393 64237
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/282125
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Rathen
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NK06SW 26.02 centred 03393 64237
The technical site for the airfield was situated on the W side, immediately NE of the crossroads between the B9033 and the B9107.
The area is visible on vertical air photographs (106G/Scot/UK 108, 4003-4004, flown 23 May 1946), which shows that at that date there were at least 30 buildings including a type T2 transportable aircraft hangar. In addition at least six emergency air-raid shelters are visible on the photographs.
The T2 aircraft hangar has been removed though the concrete base is still visible on a series of air photographs taken in 1988 (All Scotland Survey [Jasair], 07 88 060-062, flown 6 May 1988), along with at least two other buildings and at least one air-raid shelter. The parachute store noted by Smith at NK 03335 64275 is visible on the 1946 images (ibid), but had been removed by the date of the 1988 series (ibid)
Information from RCAHMS (DE), July 2006
Note (2 February 2021)
The Pillbox Study Group have recorded the location of thirteen blast type air raid shelters, depicted on an OS 1:2500 map (1965) at NK 0323 6415, NK 0328 6414, NK 0337 6417, NK 0337 6422, NK 0336 6424, NK 0340 6428, NK 0334 6412, NK 0338 6406, NK 0339 6411, NK 0342 6413, NK 0344 6409, NK 0354 6419 and NK 0350 6406.
Information from Pillbox Study Group to HES 2 February 2021
