Air-Raid Shelters, Twatt Airfield (Former Hms Tern) is a Grade C listed building in the Orkney Islands local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 July 2011. Air-raid shelter.

Air-Raid Shelters, Twatt Airfield (Former Hms Tern)

WRENN ID: hallowed-hinge-moon
Grade: C
Local Planning Authority: Orkney Islands
Country: Scotland
Date first listed: 15 July 2011
Type: Air-raid shelter
Source: Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

1941-43. Group of 5 perimeter air-raid shelters set in open landscape to SW of former Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) airfield at Twatt, (former HMS Tern). Rectangular-plan; earthwork covering. Pre-cast sectional concrete construction with tapering sides and round-arched heads with brick retaining wall passages to entrance/exits. 3 shelters to S have entrance/exits to both ends.

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