Monument record MHG30366 - Alturlie

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Grid reference Centred NH 7270 4890 (60m by 60m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH74NW
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish PETTY
Geographical Area INVERNESS

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Decoy for Inverness civil defence base. Info from Redfern, "20th Century fortifications in the UK" vol IV.
A M Fox, Highland Council, 12.12.01.

This site is listed is English Heritage's volume on WWII decoy sites as a Civil QL site, indicating urban lighting simulation was the main function of this decoy. <1>

No traces of the decoy site are visible at this location on 1940s air photographs. <2>

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  • <1> Text/Publication/Monograph: Dobinson, C. 2000. Fields of Deception: Britain's Bombing Decoys of WWII. Site Number 88.
  • <2> Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph/Vertical: Royal Air Force. 1946-7. Highland Council Collection of RAF Vertical Aerial Photographs. CPE/UK/0184 3361.

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Record last edited

Aug 30 2010 4:57PM

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