Monument record MHG19754 - Dornoch Airfield

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Grid reference Centred NH 8006 8840 (800m by 800m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH88NW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish DORNOCH

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Only the air strip could be seen. J A Guy, 20th Century Defences, (report nos. 1, 8 & 11)
A M Fox, Highland Council, 10.10.01.

NH88NW 4 centred 800 885

Dornoch was probaly chosen as a Satellite Landing Ground because of the dearth of suitable level areas in this part of Scotland. The airfield closed during 1945, however the strip was re-established in 1967 with Loganair Services to Inverness and Wick operating in 1972 but these proved uneconomic. Occasionally still used by light aircraft with no evidence of any wartime buildings apart from a rather odd tin shed near the caravan site.
D J Smith 1983.

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  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Smith, D J. 1983. Action stations 7: military airfields of Scotland, the North-East and Northern Ireland. 80.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Smith, D J. 1989. Britain's military airfields, 1939-45. 179; Photo, 179.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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