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Name:Defensible Shelter, RAF Wellingore
HER Number:MLI126020
Type of record:Monument

Summary

Second World War defensible shelter with embrasures. Defended the western approach to RAF Wellingore.

Grid Reference:SK 983 544
Map Sheet:SK95SE
Parish:WELLINGORE, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

Full description

Concrete defensible shelter with embrasures. Defended an adjacent former aircraft dispersal pen, and the western approach to RAF Wellingore. {1}{2}


<1> Google, 2006->, Google Maps and Street View, Accessed 23/03/2022 (Website). SLI11533.

<2> Dr Mike Osborne, 2008, Pillboxes of Britain and Ireland, p.283 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI17071.

Monument Types

  • AIRFIELD DEFENCE SITE (Second World War to 21st Century - 1940 AD to 2050 AD)

Sources and further reading

<1>Website: Google. 2006->. Google Maps and Street View. www.google.co.uk/maps. Accessed 23/03/2022.
<2>Bibliographic Reference: Dr Mike Osborne. 2008. Pillboxes of Britain and Ireland. p.283.

Related records

MLI60622Part of: RAF Wellingore (Monument)