What is recorded here

Castletown Airfield was a Second World War dispersal bay in Caithness, built to defend Scapa Flow and Northern Scotland as a satellite to Wick. It opened in May 1940, kept planes scattered across the Highlands, and lost its last operational aircraft in April 1944. Now huts rot beside overgrown concrete, a decontamination centre holds cow manure, and the great naval gun has vanished back to the Navy. The field still smells of rain, grass and forgotten urgency.

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

Castletown Airfield was built during World War II as a dispersal bay to support military aviation operations. It is remembered as part of Scotland's wartime infrastructure, reflecting the strategic importance of the region during the conflict.

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