What is recorded here

Castletown Airfield is a ruined military airfield in Caithness that guarded Scapa Flow during the Second World War. It opened as a satellite to Wick in May 1940, lost its last operational aircraft in April 1944, and still carries traces of hangars, huts, concrete, and a naval gun later taken back by the Navy. The grass and memory have done more rebuilding since then: what remains is a bare field with edge, where the sea, the sky, and the chance of invasion still seem close enough to touch.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Castletown Airfield as Pillbox (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 in Scotland was developed as a military airfield during World War II, primarily for defensive purposes. It is remembered for its role in the country's wartime aviation infrastructure.

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