Former Fearn airfield Balintore airfield, HMS Owl Disused

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Fearn airfield, also referred to as Balintore airfield, was a World War II airfield built to the west of Balintore on the shores of the Moray Firth, and which lay to the south of RAF Tain.

Fearn airfield was built as a satellite to RAF Tain, but was taken over by the Royal Navy in 1942, when it came to be known as HMS Owl. The airfield has two control towers, the original single storey RAF building, and the later RN structure with a ground floor and three upper floors. The RAF watch or control tower survives about 100 metres southeast of the later RN building, and comprises a single storey building with iron framed windows and entrance in the east wall, built of brick with harling, with one small internal subdivision and a bench in the main room. The RN control tower was generally reported to have been built by the Royal Marine Engineers to standard designs, with the walls being a mixture of solid brick and reinforced concrete.
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