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Castle Kennedy Airfield, Fuel Depot
Oil Storage Tank(S) (20th Century)
Site Name Castle Kennedy Airfield, Fuel Depot
Classification Oil Storage Tank(S) (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Raf Castle Kennedy
Canmore ID 280137
Site Number NX15NW 89.03
NGR NX 11884 59121
NGR Description NX 11275 59569, NX 11884 59121 and NX 11850 59106
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/280137
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Inch
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX15NW 89.03 11275 59569,11884 59121 and 11850 59106
The fuel depot is situated on the S perimeter of the airfield at two locations one adjacent to a building annotated 'Pennyliggit' on the OS 1:2500 scale digital map and a second about 800m NW.
The remains of filling stations, a pit measuring about 40ft by 27ft, now filled with rubbish, where the fuel tanks were once situated and a vehicle fuel tank still in situ. An identical concrete area is found at NX 11275 59565.
Both fuel storage areas are visible on vertical air photographs (106G/Scot/ UK 41, 3312-3313, flown 4 May 1946).
Information from the Defence of Britain Project, RAF Castle Kennedy report, Bell, Brown, Fidler and Starling, 1998; RCAHMS (DE), April 2006
