Senior officers from Moray Council have met MoD officials to discuss the future of Kinloss army barracks.

The former RAF base in Moray is under threat as the result of a UK-wide defence review, according to a source cited by SNP MP Angus Robertson.

The MoD insists no decision has been made but Moray Council confirmed senior officers met officials from the ministry in April.

A Moray Council spokesman confirmed: "We have had discussions at senior officer level with the Defence Infrastructure Organisation as part of the MoD's footprint review of its military estate."

Mr Robertson said: "Many service personnel and their families have made their home in Moray and our local communities are hugely supportive of the bases.

"To close Kinloss Barracks and reduce the defence footprint even further in Scotland would be totally unacceptable."

But on Monday, the MoD said: "We've already named 22 sites but no decisions about future ones have been taken."

Similar concerns have been raised about Fort George, the home of the Black Watch battalion.

The MoD, one of the UK's biggest landowners, aims to reduce the size of its estate by 30% over the next four years.

Under current plans, by 2020 Scotland will be home to all of the Royal Navy's submarines, one of the army's engagement and resilience infantry brigades, one of three RAF quick response bases, and the new P8 Poseidon patrol aircraft.