MHG27883 - B Camp Accommodation Area - Evanton Airfield, Alness
Summary
The remains of an accommodation camp for Evanton Airfield.
Type and Period (1)
- MILITARY CAMP (Second World War - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
NH66NW 34.04 Centred 6253 6778
Situated to the N of the railway from NH66NW 34.03 is the remains of an accommodation camp for Evanton Airfield. Some buildings and hut bases survive amongst a small conifer plantation. The camp is depicted on the OS 1:10000 map (1991) and is visible on vertical air photographs (RAF 106G/Scot/UK 114, flown 1946, 3098-99).
Vsited by RCAHMS (DE) May 1997
Photographs of one of the camp buildings were submitted to the HER in June 2011 as a requirement of planning consent for demolition and construction of a new estate office (10/03892/FUL). <1>
Alan Kinghorn advises that this accommodation camp was built for the WRENS based at HMS Fieldfare, as the Royal Naval Air Station, Evanton was known. <2>
This site was noted in ARCH's Evanton Wartime Remains project in 2013. This part of the camp was constructed in 1943-1944 as the accommodation area for HMS Fieldfare. Although sometimes thought to be for WRNS personnel, plans suggest that they were housed up Novar Drive and near Novar house. Surviving plans showed a number of accommodation nissen huts for ratings, Chief Petty Officer's quarters, senior officer's quarters, various stores, canteen, sickbay, laundry, fire engine house and classrooms.
Novar sawmill occupied part of this area by 2013, and had reused some of the wartime buildings.The area to the east of the sawmill had been used as for storage for the estate for many years, and was forested. Recent felling revealed an ablution block. <3>
Email correspondence from A Kinghorn in October 2012 stated that, in regards to the Wrens camp, part of the trees covering the site had been cut down and removed which exposed one of the buildings revealing it to the road side. <4>
Sources/Archives (4)
- --- SHG26514 Text/Correspondence: Kinghorn, A. 2012. Email correspondence - Feedback on MHG27883. Unaffiliated. Yes. Digital.
- <1> SHG25416 Image/Photograph(s): Davenport, C P. 06/2011. Photographs of Mo Dhachaidh, Novar, Evanton. Colour. Digital.
- <2> SHG22709 Text/Correspondence: Private individual. 2008-11. Feedback from website visitor. Yes. Digital. Alan Kinghorn, 09/10/2011.
- <3> 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 180.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 6196 6775 (1506m by 966m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH66NW |
| Geographical Area | ROSS AND CROMARTY |
| Civil Parish | ALNESS |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (31)
- Parent of: Armoury - B Camp Accomodation Area, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Monument) (MHG56292)
- Parent of: Baggage Store - Accomodation Camp, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Monument) (MHG56233)
- Parent of: Baggage Store - B Camp Accomodation Area, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Monument) (MHG56296)
- Parent of: Barracks and ablution block - Accomodation camp, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Monument) (MHG56142)
- Parent of: Building - Accomodation camp, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Building) (MHG56145)
- Parent of: Canteen - Accomodation Camp, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Monument) (MHG56236)
- Parent of: Coal & Coke Pound - B Camp Accomodation Area, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Monument) (MHG56295)
- Parent of: Coal & Coke Pound - Novar House, Alness (Monument) (MHG56297)
- Parent of: Education Hut - Accomodation Camp, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Monument) (MHG56232)
- Parent of: Fire station - Accomodation camp, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Building) (MHG56143)
- Parent of: Guard house - Accomodation camp, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Monument) (MHG56144)
- Parent of: Laundries - Accomodation Camp, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Monument) (MHG56227)
- Parent of: Military building - Accomodation Camp, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Monument) (MHG56228)
- Parent of: Military building - Accomodation Camp, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Monument) (MHG56230)
- Parent of: Military building - Accomodation Camp, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Monument) (MHG56235)
- Parent of: Military building - Accomodation Camp, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Monument) (MHG56240)
- Parent of: Military building - near Evanton Airfield, Alness (Monument) (MHG56202)
- Parent of: Military complex - Accomodation Camp, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Building) (MHG56224)
- Parent of: Nissen hut - Accomodation camp, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Building) (MHG56146)
- Parent of: Nissen hut - Accomodation Camp, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Building) (MHG56237)
- Parent of: Passive Defence Clothing Store - B Camp Accomodation Area, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Monument) (MHG56291)
- Parent of: Passive Defence Clothing Store - B Camp Accomodation Area, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Monument) (MHG56293)
- Parent of: Search hut - B Camp Accomodation Area, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Monument) (MHG56294)
- Parent of: Senior Officer's Quarters and Ablutions - Accomodation Camp, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Monument) (MHG56229)
- Parent of: Sick quarters - Accomodation Camp, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Monument) (MHG56231)
- Parent of: Store house - Accomodation Camp, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Building) (MHG56226)
- Parent of: Wartime buildings - B Camp Accomodation Area, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Monument) (MHG56290)
- Parent of: Wartime buildings - Novar House, Alness (Monument) (MHG56298)
- Parent of: Water tank - Accomodation Camp, Evanton Airfield, Alness (Monument) (MHG56234)
- Parent of: Water tanks - Novar House, Alness (Monument) (MHG56299)
- Part of: Evanton Airfield - Evanton, Alness (Monument) (MHG25210)
Related Investigations/Events (1)
External Links (2)
- http://www.archhighland.org.uk/evanton-wartime-remains.asp (Link to ARCH project page)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/119765 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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