What is recorded here

Castletown Airfield served as a satellite to Wick during the Second World War, guarding Scapa Flow and Northern Scotland from May 1940 until April 1944. Today grass chokes the concrete dispersal bays while cow manure fills the old decontamination centre, turning military precision into rural absurdity. The Navy reclaimed the salvaged shipwreck gun, leaving behind only ghostly foundations and the memory of engines roaring above Caithness.

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 and training purposes. It is remembered as part of the country's broader network of airfields that supported Allied operations during the war.

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