Monument record MHG27881 - A Camp Accommodation Area - Evanton Airfield, Alness
Summary
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Location
Grid reference | Centred NH 6200 6708 (618m by 546m) (Buffered by site type) |
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Map sheet | NH66NW |
Geographical Area | ROSS AND CROMARTY |
Old County | ROSS-SHIRE |
Civil Parish | ALNESS |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
NH66NW 34.02 Centred 6200 6700
Immediately to the N of the new section of the A9 trunk road and cut off from the rest of the airfield by it, lies what was the Officers Quarters and barracks area. Most of the buildings have been removed though traces of the hut bases and house foundations can still be detected to the NE of Newton Road. The area is depicted on the last edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1991) with the roofless squash court (NH 6191 6704) still in situ.
Originally there were four rows of Nissen Huts and several brick and concrete buildings to accommodate many of the personnel from the airfield. (Visible on vertical air photographs, RAF 106G/Scot/UK 114, flown 1946, 3099).
At the N end of this area is the mill dam and sluice for the Saw Mill.
Visited by RCAHMS (DE) January and May 1997
This site was noted by ARCH's Evanton Wartime Remains project in 2013. The area to the north of the present A9 contained a range of military buildings including barracks, the Officer's Mess, bathhouses, Dining Halls, Decontamination Centre, classrooms, squash courts, a camera obscura and a tall water tower. Most only survive as foundations, with the exception of a tall chimney at the corner of the Officer's Mess, the Coal store near the A9, and four air raid shelters. These were built in the expansion of the airfield in the late 1930s. <1>
Email correspondence from A Kinghorn in October 2012, in regards to the naval guadroom / picket post, suggested that it was used by Goodtread Tyre's as their first office for selling tyres in the late 1970's or early 80's. The guardroom was suggested to have been demolished in the summer of 2011. <2>
Sources/Archives (2)
- <1> SHG25830 Dataset/Database File: Archaeology for Communities in the Highlands (ARCH). 2013. Evanton Wartime Remains. Archaeology for Communities in the Highlands (ARCH). Yes. MDB. Site 172.
- <2> SHG26515 Text/Correspondence: Kinghorn, A. 2012. Email correspondence - Feedback on MHG27882. Unaffiliated. Yes. Digital.
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Protected Status/Designation
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- Parent of: Air Raid Shelter - Accommodation Area, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Monument) (MHG56183)
- Parent of: Air Raid Shelter - Accommodation Area, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Monument) (MHG56196)
- Parent of: Air Raid Shelters - A Camp Accommodation Area, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Monument) (MHG56301)
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- Parent of: AML Teacher timber hutting - A Camp Accommodation Area, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Monument) (MHG56302)
- Parent of: AMWD Garage - A Camp Accommodation Area, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Monument) (MHG56305)
- Parent of: Camera Obscura timber hutting - A Camp Accommodation Area, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Monument) (MHG56303)
- Parent of: Camouflage hut - A Camp Accommodation Area, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Monument) (MHG56316)
- Parent of: Decontamination building - Accomodation Area, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Monument) (MHG56189)
- Parent of: Dining room and boiler house - Accomodation Area, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Monument) (MHG56188)
- Parent of: Educational Huts - A Camp Accommodation Area, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Monument) (MHG56306)
- Parent of: Fire hydrants - Accommodation Area, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Monument) (MHG56159)
- Parent of: Grocery Store and Shop - A Camp Accommodation Area, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Monument) (MHG56312)
- Parent of: Guardhouse - Accomodation Area, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Monument) (MHG56193)
- Parent of: Military building - A Camp Accommodation Area, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Monument) (MHG56315)
- Parent of: Military road and gate - Accommodation Area, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Monument) (MHG56157)
- Parent of: Officers' Bath Houses - Accommodation Area, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Monument) (MHG56181)
- Parent of: Officers' Mess - Accomodation Area, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Monument) (MHG56102)
- Parent of: Perimiter fencing - Accomodation Area, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Monument) (MHG56187)
- Parent of: Photo block - A Camp Accommodation Area, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Monument) (MHG56310)
- Parent of: Pillbox - Accommodation Area, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Monument) (MHG56184)
- Parent of: Rail bridge - Accommodation Area, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Monument) (MHG56197)
- Parent of: Rations Store - A Camp Accommodation Area, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Monument) (MHG56313)
- Parent of: Sergent Quarters - A Camp Accommodation Area, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Monument) (MHG56307)
- Parent of: Sergents Mess - A Camp Accommodation Area, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Monument) (MHG56314)
- Parent of: Single Officers' Quarters - Accommodation Area, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Monument) (MHG56182)
- Parent of: Squash Court - Accomodation Area, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Monument) (MHG56103)
- Parent of: Station Defense Store - A Camp Accommodation Area, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Monument) (MHG56304)
- Parent of: Turret Instruction building - A Camp Accommodation Area, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Monument) (MHG56309)
- Part of: Evanton Airfield - Evanton, Alness (Monument) (MHG25210)
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Record last edited
Jul 22 2014 1:15PM