Tain Airfield
Bombing Range (20th Century)
Site Name Tain Airfield
Classification Bombing Range (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Raf Tain; Tain Ranges; Morrich More
Canmore ID 90554
Site Number NH88SW 14.01
NGR NH 8320 8390
NGR Description Centred NH 8320 8390
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Tain
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH88SW 14.01 Centred 8320 8390
Tain ranges were in operation before the Second World War. During 1940 the area was obstructed with coils of barbed wire and old cars to deter German troop carrier landings. The airfield of 1941 (NH88SW 14.00) was built on part of the original ranges. The modern range is still depicted on the latest OS map (OS 1:10000 map, 1980) with a tracked target area still shown (NH88SW 14.02).
D J Smith 1983
The modern Tain bombing range covers a large area of Morrich More, to the N of Tain Airfield. It consists of a modern control tower and support buildings (NH88SW 14.08), with several targets to the NW near to Green Hillock and Green Hill (centred NH 825 843). A further observation tower is situated at NH 8190 8337 to co-ordinate fall of bombs etc. The modern tower replaced an older wooden version (NH 8373 8330) which survived until c.1991, with the control room situated on top of a wooden trestle construction which had once supported a radar beacon.
Visited by RCAHMS (DE) May 1997