What is recorded here

Mud, grass and forgotten concrete still mark the dispersal bays where wartime planes lifted from Caithness. The field supported the defence of Scapa Flow, yet its hangars are gone and even its decontamination centre has become a field for cattle. What remains is a scattered military ghost, visible only if you know where to look.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Castletown Airfield as Dispersal Bay (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. It is remembered as part of Scotland's broader network of airfields that played a strategic role in the war effort.

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