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Aghanloo airfield is a Second World War military aerodrome located near Limavady in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The airfield was constructed during the wartime expansion of RAF facilities across the province, forming part of the strategic defence infrastructure established in the early 1940s. Its runway and dispersal areas were laid across bedrock of the Sherwood Sandstone Group, a Triassic-era formation of sandstone, siltstone and mudstone that provides stable foundations typical of northern Irish airfield sites.
The airfield represents the distinctive modernisation of Irish aviation infrastructure during the Second World War, when numerous purpose-built military bases were developed to support Allied operations. The flat terrain and underlying geology of the Limavady area made it suitable for airfield construction, allowing for the extensive concrete and tarmac surfaces required for operational aircraft.
Today, Aghanloo airfield survives as an important archaeological record of wartime military engineering. The site is protected by the Historic Environment Division under reference 16026, ensuring that its physical remains, structures and landscape features are preserved. The airfield stands as evidence of Northern Ireland's strategic role during the Second World War and the rapid industrial and infrastructural transformation of the period.
Aghanloo airfield. wwii airfield. aghanloo airfield is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 16026. View the official record →
Aghanloo airfield is a Second World War military aerodrome located near Limavady in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 16026.
Aghanloo airfield. wwii airfield. aghanloo airfield dates from the modern period, and is classified as a airfield. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Aghanloo airfield. wwii airfield. aghanloo airfield is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Ni. The official designation reference is 16026.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wwii trainer dome (0.3 km), Drumachose church. multiperiod church site & graveyard (c6th-post-med.) (2.6 km), Rough fort. counterscarp rath (3.3 km).
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Aghanloo airfield. wwii airfield. aghanloo airfield stands on Sherwood Sandstone Group, bedrock that formed in the Ladinian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.