diff --git a/storage_service/locations/constants.py b/storage_service/locations/constants.py
index d365a36c1..bba4bb6ed 100644
--- a/storage_service/locations/constants.py
+++ b/storage_service/locations/constants.py
@@ -108,4 +108,5 @@
             "bucket",
         ],
     },
+    models.Space.TAR: {"model": models.TAR, "form": forms.TARForm, "fields": []},
 }
diff --git a/storage_service/locations/forms.py b/storage_service/locations/forms.py
index 13e8f820b..33181aa8d 100644
--- a/storage_service/locations/forms.py
+++ b/storage_service/locations/forms.py
@@ -249,6 +249,12 @@ class Meta:
         )
 
 
+class TARForm(forms.ModelForm):
+    class Meta:
+        model = models.TAR
+        fields = ()
+
+
 class LocationForm(forms.ModelForm):
     default = forms.BooleanField(
         required=False, label=_("Set as global default location for its purpose")
diff --git a/storage_service/locations/migrations/0027_tape_archive_space.py b/storage_service/locations/migrations/0027_tape_archive_space.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4cbbb3f3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/storage_service/locations/migrations/0027_tape_archive_space.py
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+"""Migration to add a Tape Archive Space to the Storage Service."""
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import django.db.models.deletion
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+    """Entry point for Tape Archive Space migration."""
+
+    dependencies = [("locations", "0026_update_package_status")]
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name="TAR",
+            fields=[
+                (
+                    "id",
+                    models.AutoField(
+                        auto_created=True,
+                        primary_key=True,
+                        serialize=False,
+                        verbose_name="ID",
+                    ),
+                ),
+            ],
+            options={
+                "verbose_name": "Tape Archive (TAR) on Local Filesystem",
+            },
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name="space",
+            name="access_protocol",
+            field=models.CharField(
+                choices=[
+                    (b"ARKIVUM", "Arkivum"),
+                    (b"DV", "Dataverse"),
+                    (b"DC", "DuraCloud"),
+                    (b"DSPACE", "DSpace via SWORD2 API"),
+                    (b"DSPC_RST", "DSpace via REST API"),
+                    (b"FEDORA", "FEDORA via SWORD2"),
+                    (b"GPG", "GPG encryption on Local Filesystem"),
+                    (b"FS", "Local Filesystem"),
+                    (b"LOM", "LOCKSS-o-matic"),
+                    (b"NFS", "NFS"),
+                    (b"PIPE_FS", "Pipeline Local Filesystem"),
+                    (b"SWIFT", "Swift"),
+                    (b"S3", "S3"),
+                    (b"TAR", "Tape Archive (TAR) on Local Filesystem"),
+                ],
+                help_text="How the space can be accessed.",
+                max_length=8,
+                verbose_name="Access protocol",
+            ),
+        ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name="tar",
+            name="space",
+            field=models.OneToOneField(
+                on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE,
+                to="locations.Space",
+                to_field=b"uuid",
+            ),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/storage_service/locations/models/__init__.py b/storage_service/locations/models/__init__.py
index 58e5d010a..376cc129a 100644
--- a/storage_service/locations/models/__init__.py
+++ b/storage_service/locations/models/__init__.py
@@ -42,3 +42,4 @@ class StorageException(Exception):
 from .pipeline_local import PipelineLocalFS
 from .swift import Swift
 from .s3 import S3
+from .tape_archive import TAR
diff --git a/storage_service/locations/models/location_helpers/__init__.py b/storage_service/locations/models/location_helpers/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/storage_service/locations/models/location_helpers/helpers.py b/storage_service/locations/models/location_helpers/helpers.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..675024826
--- /dev/null
+++ b/storage_service/locations/models/location_helpers/helpers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+import logging
+import os
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import tarfile
+
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+
+
+LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class TARException(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+def _abort_create_tar(path, tarpath):
+    fail_msg = _(
+        "Failed to create a tarfile at %(tarpath)s for dir at %(path)s"
+        % {"tarpath": tarpath, "path": path}
+    )
+    LOGGER.error(fail_msg)
+    raise TARException(fail_msg)
+
+
+def create_tar(path):
+    """Create a tarfile from the directory at ``path`` and overwrite
+    ``path`` with that tarfile.
+    """
+    path = path.rstrip("/")
+    tarpath = "{}.tar".format(path)
+    changedir = os.path.dirname(tarpath)
+    source = os.path.basename(path)
+    cmd = ["tar", "-C", changedir, "-cf", tarpath, source]
+    LOGGER.info(
+        "creating archive of %s at %s, relative to %s", source, tarpath, changedir
+    )
+    try:
+        subprocess.check_output(cmd)
+    except (OSError, subprocess.CalledProcessError):
+        _abort_create_tar(path, tarpath)
+
+    # Providing the TAR is successfully created then remove the original.
+    if os.path.isfile(tarpath) and tarfile.is_tarfile(tarpath):
+        try:
+            shutil.rmtree(path)
+        except OSError:
+            # Remove a file-path as We're likely packaging a file, e.g. 7z.
+            os.remove(path)
+        os.rename(tarpath, path)
+    else:
+        _abort_create_tar(path, tarpath)
+    try:
+        assert tarfile.is_tarfile(path)
+        assert not os.path.exists(tarpath)
+    except AssertionError:
+        _abort_create_tar(path, tarpath)
+
+
+def _abort_extract_tar(tarpath, newtarpath, err):
+    fail_msg = _(
+        "Failed to extract %(tarpath)s: %(error)s" % {"tarpath": tarpath, "error": err}
+    )
+    LOGGER.error(fail_msg)
+    os.rename(newtarpath, tarpath)
+    raise TARException(fail_msg)
+
+
+def extract_tar(tarpath):
+    """Extract tarfile at ``path`` to a directory at ``path``."""
+    newtarpath = "{}.tar".format(tarpath)
+    os.rename(tarpath, newtarpath)
+    changedir = os.path.dirname(newtarpath)
+    cmd = ["tar", "-xf", newtarpath, "-C", changedir]
+    try:
+        subprocess.check_output(cmd)
+    except (OSError, subprocess.CalledProcessError) as err:
+        _abort_extract_tar(tarpath, newtarpath, err)
+    # TODO: GPG treats this differently because it only ever expects to
+    # TAR a directory but we actually want to TAR file-types as well.
+    os.remove(newtarpath)
diff --git a/storage_service/locations/models/package.py b/storage_service/locations/models/package.py
index a99ea9ccf..c34a140bf 100644
--- a/storage_service/locations/models/package.py
+++ b/storage_service/locations/models/package.py
@@ -241,6 +241,16 @@ def is_encrypted(self, local_path):
         is_file = os.path.isfile(local_path)
         return space_is_encr and is_file
 
+    def is_packaged(self, local_path):
+        """Determines whether or not the package at ``local_path`` is
+        packaged.
+        """
+        space_is_packaged = getattr(
+            self.current_location.space.get_child_space(), "packaged_space", False
+        )
+        is_file = os.path.isfile(local_path)
+        return space_is_packaged and is_file
+
     @property
     def is_compressed(self):
         """ Determines whether or not the package is a compressed file. """
@@ -327,9 +337,15 @@ def fetch_local_path(self):
 
         :returns: Local path to this package.
         """
+
         local_path = self.get_local_path()
-        if local_path and not self.is_encrypted(local_path):
+        if (
+            local_path
+            and not self.is_encrypted(local_path)
+            and not self.is_packaged(local_path)
+        ):
             return local_path
+
         # Not locally accessible, so copy to SS internal temp dir
         ss_internal = Location.active.get(purpose=Location.STORAGE_SERVICE_INTERNAL)
         temp_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp(dir=ss_internal.full_path)
diff --git a/storage_service/locations/models/space.py b/storage_service/locations/models/space.py
index 9ad10670f..abc9ec2ef 100644
--- a/storage_service/locations/models/space.py
+++ b/storage_service/locations/models/space.py
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ class Space(models.Model):
     SWIFT = "SWIFT"
     GPG = "GPG"
     S3 = "S3"
+    TAR = "TAR"
     # These will not be displayed in the Space Create GUI (see locations/forms.py)
     BETA_PROTOCOLS = {}
     OBJECT_STORAGE = {DATAVERSE, DSPACE, DSPACE_REST, DURACLOUD, SWIFT, S3}
@@ -164,6 +165,7 @@ class Space(models.Model):
         (PIPELINE_LOCAL_FS, _("Pipeline Local Filesystem")),
         (SWIFT, _("Swift")),
         (S3, _("S3")),
+        (TAR, _("Tape Archive (TAR) on Local Filesystem")),
     )
     access_protocol = models.CharField(
         max_length=8,
diff --git a/storage_service/locations/models/tape_archive.py b/storage_service/locations/models/tape_archive.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bfb64d203
--- /dev/null
+++ b/storage_service/locations/models/tape_archive.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+"""Tape Archive Space created for the Norwegian Health Archive."""
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+
+from django.db import models
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+
+from .location import Location
+from .location_helpers.helpers import create_tar, extract_tar
+
+
+class TAR(models.Model):
+    """Space for storing packages as a Tape Archive File."""
+
+    # Package will use this attribute to determine whether the Space
+    # is for storing Tape Archive objects.
+    packaged_space = True
+
+    space = models.OneToOneField("Space", to_field="uuid", on_delete=models.CASCADE)
+
+    class Meta:
+        verbose_name = _("Tape Archive (TAR) on Local Filesystem")
+        app_label = _("locations")
+
+    ALLOWED_LOCATION_PURPOSE = [Location.AIP_STORAGE, Location.REPLICATOR]
+
+    def move_to_storage_service(self, src_path, dest_path, dest_space):
+        """ Moves src_path to dest_space.staging_path/dest_path. """
+        self.space.create_local_directory(dest_path)
+        self.space.move_rsync(src_path, dest_path, try_mv_local=True)
+        extract_tar(dest_path)
+
+    def move_from_storage_service(self, src_path, dest_path, package=None):
+        """ Moves self.staging_path/src_path to dest_path. """
+        self.space.create_local_directory(dest_path)
+        self.space.move_rsync(src_path, dest_path)
+        create_tar(dest_path)
+        if package.should_have_pointer_file():
+            """Update the pointer file to represent the TAR packaging."""