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| HER Number: | MDV56520 |
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| Name: | Aircraft Maintenance Workshops, Dunkeswell Airfield |
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Summary - not yet available
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 135 073 |
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| Map Sheet: | ST10NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Dunkeswell |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | DUNKESWELL |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: ST10NW/41/60
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- WORKSHOP (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV131002.
Francis, p. /blackdown hills airfield survey/(1995)/dunkeswell: 67.
Francis, P., 1995, Blackdown Hills Airfield Survey. Dunkeswell and Upottery., 48 (Report - Survey). SDV312951.
Aircraft maintenance workshops (usn supply) construction: cold-rolled fabricated steel arched-shaped ribs made in three parts creating a span of 40 feet and spaced at four feet centres to form a building 100 feet long. Clad with corrugated iron sheeting. The end wall has the following information printed on the corrugated iron - "1 pkgs of 41 pkgs item: store house usn 80 51-010 y&d crate 0v8". Function: one of two huts that functioned as power plant assembly and aero engine store while the other was probably an aircraft instrument repair shop. Originally belonging to a large group of american prefabricated hutting dedicated to aircraft maintenance. All of these were built close to the "t2" hangar (francis).
Lake, J., 2000, Survey of Military Aviation Sites ans Structures: Summary Report: Thematic Listing Programme: English Heritage (Report - Survey). SDV352756.
Recommended for Listing at Grade II.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV131002 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV312951 | Report - Survey: Francis, P.. 1995. Blackdown Hills Airfield Survey. Dunkeswell and Upottery.. Blackdown Hills AONB. Digital + A4. 48. |
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| SDV352756 | Report - Survey: Lake, J.. 2000. Survey of Military Aviation Sites ans Structures: Summary Report: Thematic Listing Programme: English Heritage. English Heritage. A4 Comb Bound + Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV45090 | Part of: Dunkeswell Airfield, Dunkeswell (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV4948 - Blackdown Hills Airfield Survey
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 27 2015 10:02AM |
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