Monument record MHG54282 - Military camp, Upper Dounreay

Summary

Military camp with police station depicted on later 20th century OS mapping.

Location

Grid reference Centred ND 00059 66559 (360m by 267m) (Approximate)
Map sheet ND06NW
Civil Parish REAY
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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Full Description

The 1959 Ordnance Survey map (Sheet NC 96 NE) depicts 19 buildings in this field including a police station. The camp is marked as 'disused' on the 1969 Ordnance Survey map and the modern OS map. <1>

The camp can be seen on RAF vertical photographs from 1946. <2>

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Oleksy, V and Cavers, G. 01/2011. Baillie Hill Wind Farm, Grid Connection: Desk Based Assessment & Walkover Survey. AOC Archaeology Group. Digital. Site 52.
  • <2> Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. Highland Council Archaeology Unit Aerial Photograph Collection. Black and white vertical. . Digital (scanned). CPE-SCOT-UK-185 3247.

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Record last edited

Feb 16 2011 3:21PM

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