What is recorded here
Castle Kennedy Airfield, Munitions Store stands as a twentieth-century bomb store in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The precise location is recorded to the nearest metre, yet the function remains shadowed by the dangerous purpose it served. Whether the ground still holds forgotten weight or only memory, the earth keeps its own counsel.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Castle Kennedy Airfield, Munitions Store as Bomb Store (20th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Built during World War II as part of the Castle Kennedy Airfield's infrastructure, the munitions store was used to house explosives and military supplies. It is remembered as a key component of Scotland's wartime defense network and aviation history.
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