Connel Airfield
Building(S) (20th Century), Hut(S) (20th Century)
Site Name Connel Airfield
Classification Building(S) (20th Century), Hut(S) (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Moss Of Achnacree
Canmore ID 299472
Site Number NM93SW 53.04
NGR NM 91618 34913
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/299472
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Ardchattan And Muckairn (Argyll And Bute)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NM93SW 53.04 91618 34913
A conjoined group of three large Nissen huts has been identified from vertical air photographs (CPE/Scot/UK 247, frames 4029-4030, flown 31 July 1947), to the N of the minor road leading E from the airfield. The group are situated about 227m ESE from the domestic site (NM93SW 53.03). Three further huts are visible on the photographs, two of which have flat roofs.
The site is now occupied by modern housing.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), July 2009
Watching Brief (28 October 2013)
NM 91702 34886 A watching brief was carried out on 28 October 2013 during work associated with a new housing development. The site is close to several prehistoric burial sites and the Moss of Achnacree. The site had been severely disturbed by military activities during WW2 and the local machine driver advised the site had been the location of a radio receiving station associated with North Connel Airfield. The foundations of Nissen huts, cable trenches and pits containing concrete were recorded, and it was clear that the area had been stripped of topsoil in the past and the modern topsoil is redeposited. The disturbed land continues into the field to the N and a large bank of displaced peat is located just to the E of the development area where the Moss survives.
Archive: FAS and RCAHMS (intended)
Funder: Star Brae Properties Ltd
Fiona Baker, Firat Archaeological Services Ltd, 2013
(Source: DES)
