What is recorded here

Muddy dispersal bays and broken concrete still mark the Castletown Airfield, a wartime satellite to Wick that helped guard Scapa Flow from May 1940 until April 1944. The land keeps its military shape in scattered ruins, while grass and rain undo the sharper edges of the runway and buildings. It is not a polished museum but a raw Highland trace, where the purpose of the place is still written in the ground.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Castletown Airfield as Dispersal Bay(s) (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.

Castletown Airfield was constructed during World War II as a dispersal bay to support military aviation operations in Scotland. It is remembered as part of the country's wider network of airfields that played a crucial role in the war effort.

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