What is recorded here
Caithness airfield, 1940s: a concrete Pickett-Hamilton fort crouches at the runway intersection, built for guns and watchfulness. Rain filled its well until men drained it and found the old lifting jack still working inside, as if waiting to be used again.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Castletown Airfield, Pickett-hamilton Fort as Pillbox (20th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
Places near here
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GarthEnclosure (period Unassigned) · 1292 yd
Olrig Parish War MemorialMemorial · 1.3 mi
Castlehill Heritage CentreMuseum · 1.4 mi
Olrig CemeteryCemetery (period Unassigned) · 1.6 mi
Dunnet BeachBeach / strand · 1.6 mi
Thurso CastleCastle (17th Century) · 5.6 mi
Jonge Thomas: Easter Head, Dunnet Head, Pentland FirthCraft (18th Century) · 6.0 mi
Easter HeadHeadland · 6.1 mi
Harrow harbourHeritage attraction · 6.2 mi