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In 2001 a programme of watching briefs were undertaken by Headland Archaeology as part of the upgrading of the Montrose and Ferryden waste water network. The watching brief extended from the site of the new treatment works, at the north-west of the airfield to Broomfield Road, a distance of about 1360m. There were two areas where archaeological deposits relating to the airfield were recovered. At the north, within the site of the treatment plant, artefacts and structures from WWII were discovered in two areas. At the north of the site was the remains of a possible grass runway, which is visible on vertical aerial photographs taken in 1941, a slot of unknown purpose and some in situ chain mesh and pins used to stabilise various parts of airfields. This location is also visible on the 1941 aerial photographs as an aircraft parking area. To the south of these features was a World War II rubbush dump containing the remains of gas masks, helmets, mechanical debris and metal drinking bottles. At the southern end of the treatment plant site were a substantially intact Stanton air-raid shelter, a cobbled floor probably related to a now removed building visible on the 1941 aerial photographs and two possible gun emplacements, two horseshoe shaped spreads of rubble and concrete. These are not visible on the 1941 photographs suggesting that they are later in date. A boundary marker was also recovered. The watching brief monitored the pipeline south and encountered, at 550m south, a scatter of iron objects and concrete slabs interpreted as anchor points for hangers and aerials or radio masts from between the first and second world war. These are rare survivals. Further south (between 560-650m south of the treatment plant) the remains of a blast shelter, roadways and a brick water tank and the compound for the airport fuel depot, a layer of concrete and beach cobbles, were discovered.
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