What is recorded here

Castletown Airfield operated from May 1940 until April 1944 as a satellite to Wick, helping defend Scapa Flow and Northern Scotland during the second World War. Heavy AA Battery C2 stood nearby with two 3 inch guns, while a salvaged 4.7 inch naval gun once guarded the station HQ before the Navy retrieved it. Today cow manure fills the old decontamination centre, concrete lies overgrown, and the Bellman and T3 hangars have vanished, leaving only dispersed bays and ghost lines across the Caithness grass.

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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