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Dinduff, Raf Wig Bay, Seaplane Base, Dispersed Domestic Sites
Military Camp (20th Century)
Site Name Dinduff, Raf Wig Bay, Seaplane Base, Dispersed Domestic Sites
Classification Military Camp (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Low Salchrie; Sole Burn
Canmore ID 178702
Site Number NX06NW 53
NGR NX 0260 6500
NGR Description Centred NX 0260 6500
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/178702
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Kirkcolm
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX06NW 53 centred 0260 6500
For RAF Wig Bay see NX06NW 44.00
NX06NW 53.01 NX c. 0311 6533 Military Camp (Low Salchrie)
NX06NW 53.02 NX c. 0232 6540 Military Camp (Sole Burn)
One of at least three dispersed accommodation camps for personnel serving at RAF Wig Bay (NX06NW 44.00). Situated to the N and S of a minor road leading from the A 718 main road to High Dinduff farmsteading it occupies an area of about 11.20 hectares.
The surviving remains include many concrete hut bases and foundations at least fourteen emergency air-raid shelters and the concrete trackways that connected the various parts of the camp. One gable ended building (NX 02716 64731) stands to roof height.
The main part of the camp is visible on vertical air photographs (CPE/Scot/UK 307, 4233-4234, flown 4 October 1947), which show that most huts were either of the Nissen type (at least 70) or pitched roofed and of wooden construction. There were also several larger conjoined huts, probably mess and recreation halls.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), March 2006
