If you have any comments or new information about this record, please email us.
| Name: | RAF Kirmington Ancillary Buildings, Brocklesby |
|---|
| HER Number: | MLI85610 |
|---|
| Type of record: | Monument |
|---|
Summary
Ancillary buildings forming part of RAF Kirmington.
[Only a small part of this site is within the Lincolnshire County Council administrative area.]
| Grid Reference: | TA 113 111 |
|---|
| Map Sheet: | TA11SW |
|---|
| Parish: | BROCKLESBY, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
|---|
Full description
(N.B. The majority of Kirmington Airport lies outside of the county boundary, within the North Lincolnshire Unitary Authority. However, a small part of the original RAF base lies within the Brocklesby Park Estate).
RAF Kirmington was established in 1942 as a heavy bomber station in No.1 Group, home to 166 squadron. Operations ceased in at the end of the war and the airfield fell into disrepair. The airfield reopened in the 1970s as Lincolnshire (Kirmington) Airport. {1}
An archaeological survey was undertaken on lands forming part of the Brocklesby Estate, comprising field observation and rapid fieldwalking (on a non-collecting basis) and a desk-top assessment. This was done to appraise the archaeological resource of the estate as part of a wider Heritage Landscape Management Plan. RAF Kirmington was a dispersed airfield, with a number of camps around Kirmington village and on the edge of Brocklesby Park. Three dispersed camps occur within the survey area, although only one of these falls within the county boundary (at c.TA 1155 1080). The remains represent ten buildings, with conditions ranging from concrete platforms to complete underground Stanton type shelters. {2}
<1> Otter, P, 1996, Lincolnshire Airfields in the Second World War, pp.151-9 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI7228.
<2> Archaeological Project Services, 1999, Archaeological and Historical Survey of Parts of the Brocklesby Estate, CGL98 (Report). SLI9007.
Monument Types
- AIR RAID SHELTER (Second World War - 1942 AD to 1945 AD)
- AIRFIELD (Second World War - 1942 AD to 1945 AD)
- MILITARY AIRFIELD (Second World War - 1942 AD to 1945 AD)
- NISSEN HUT (Second World War - 1942 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Events
- Archaeological and Historical Survey of Parts of the Brocklesby Estate
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Bibliographic Reference: Otter, P. 1996. Lincolnshire Airfields in the Second World War. pp.151-9. |
| <2> | Report: Archaeological Project Services. 1999. Archaeological and Historical Survey of Parts of the Brocklesby Estate. CGL98. |
Search results generated by the HBSMR Gateway from exeGesIS SDM Ltd.