Aberdeenshire HER - NK14SW0088 - RAF BUCHAN

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Primary ReferenceNK14SW0088
NameRAF BUCHAN
NRHE Card No.NK14SW71
NRHE Numlink 141942
HES SM No. NULL
HES LB No. NULL
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Complete 2
Details RAF base, now disused. This was the domestic site for RAF Buchan which was opened in 1952 as an Air Defence Radar Unit (see NK14SW0021 for the operational site). It included a 2-storey office block, medical centre, 46 bed Officer's mess, 31 bed Sergeant's mess, chapel, children's nursery, motor transport buildings, warehousing, gymnasium hall and ancillary buildings. The domestic site was sold in 2005 . The former officer's mess is now a hotel.
Last Update27/01/2023
Updated Bycpalmer
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National Grid Reference: NK 1297 4212


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Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
BASESRAF A100
BUILDINGSACCOMMODATION B100