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Name:Site of military camp W of Bennetts Road South
HER no.:MCT16764
Type of Record:Monument

Summary

The possible site of a military camp associated with an anti aircraft battery (MCT16763) are visible on a 1946 aerial photograph.


Grid Reference:SP 3172 8284
Former Parish:Keresley

Monument Type(s):

  • MILITARY CAMP (Early 20th Century to Late 20th Century - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Protected Status: None recorded

Full description

1> The remains of a possible military camp are visible on a 1946 aerial photograph as a series of possible concrete nissan hut bases and a road running to an anti aircraft battery to the southeast (MCT16763).


<1> RAF, 1946, RAF Vertical Aerial Photograph Collection, RAF/3GT/TUD/UK/16 2856 frame 5030 12th January 1946 (-PHOTOGRAPH). SCT632.

Sources and Further Reading

<1>SCT632 -PHOTOGRAPH: RAF. 1946. RAF Vertical Aerial Photograph Collection. RAF/3GT/TUD/UK/16 2856 frame 5030 12th January 1946.

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • ECT592 - Keresley RAF Aerial Photograph Interpretation

Related records

MCT15287Part of: World War II, (The Second World War) (Historical Event)
MCT16763Related to: Site of anti aircraft battery W of Bennetts Road South (Monument)

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