An old naval airfield
The RAF built the aerodrome in 1941 as a satellite airfield for RAF Tain.3,4 The Royal Navy took it over in 1942, later named it HMS Owl, trained bomber pilots there and closed it in 1946.3,4,5
Plans for a small distillery
The name Toulvaddie comes from her grandfather's and great-grandfather's small farm.6,7,8 The 2016 plan was to make up to 30,000 litres of alcohol a year in two small copper pot stills, starting by May 2017.9 The stills were to match old illicit stills in size and shape, and the building would look like the airbase's old buildings.