Castle Kennedy Airfield, Air Gunnery School
Building (20th Century), Firing Range(S) (Second World War), Hut(S) (20th Century)
Site Name Castle Kennedy Airfield, Air Gunnery School
Classification Building (20th Century), Firing Range(S) (Second World War), Hut(S) (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Raf Castle Kennedy; Douglas Wood
Canmore ID 280145
Site Number NX16SW 111.02
NGR NX 10659 60234
NGR Description Centred NX 10659 60234
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/280145
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Inch
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX16SW 111.02 centred 10659 60234
A triple turret trainer and other buildings relating to training and instruction are situated within Macgill and Douglas Woods on the S shore of Loch of Inch.
The brick and concrete built triple turret trainer with a pitched corrugated asbestos roof is a type A to design number 11023/40. The foundations and footings of other buildings and air-raid shelters are to be found scattered around this part of the airfield.
The area is visible on vertical air photographs (106G/Scot/UK 41, 3310-3312, flown 4 May 1946), which show that the buildings and huts extended as far as the NW end of Macgill Wood.
Information from the Defence of Britain Project, RAF Castle Kennedy report, Bell, Brown, Fidler and Starling, 1998; RCAHMS (DE), April 2006
Note (28 May 2021)
Pillbox Study Group report two small firing ranges are visible on RAF vertical air photograph 106G/Scot/UK/0041 3311 (flown 04 May 1946). One building on the S range is visible on current 25cm orthorectified aerial photography.
Information from Pillbox Study Group and HES (AKK) 28 May 2021
