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| HER Number: | MDV48839 |
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| Name: | Dispersed Accommodation Site, Winkleigh Airfield |
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Summary
RAF Winkleigh dispersed accommodation site. Only a small part of one building and 17 concrete bases remain at site 4 to the east of the road.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 632 088 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS60NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Winkleigh |
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| District | Torridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WINKLEIGH |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SS60NW/24
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- DISPERSED SITE (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, 3G/TUD/UK/159/5184 (Aerial Photograph). SDV337267.
Compound of military buildings shown.
Horner, W., 1996, Untitled Source (Worksheet). SDV344515.
RAF Winkleigh Dispersal Site. There is a group of Nissen type huts with a central temporary brick type building and earthen air raid shelters, probably representing an accommodation site at SS632088 (not on Ordnance Survey 6 inch map). One of the buildings, a temporary brick ablutions block, is still standing at SS63250893 but is very dilapidated. The water tower is in use as a silo of some sort.
ACE Archaeology Club, 1999, Winkleigh Airfield Survey (Un-published). SDV20447.
The survey of Winkleigh Airfield by Ace Archeaology Club in 1999 compared the 1945 plan with surviving structures. Only a small part of one building and 17 concrete bases remain at Site 4 to the east of the road.
ACE Archaeology Club, 2008, Winkleigh Airfield, 9 (Report - Survey). SDV359876.
Site 4. Included officers and sergeants quarters and airmens barrack huts. See report for more information on individual sites and buildings.
Passmore, M. + Passmore, A., 2013, RAF Winkleigh (Leaflet). SDV355704.
The airfield at Winkleigh was completed in January 1943, and was first occupied by the RAF's Fighter Command. It was then used by the United States Army Air Force, whose role was to support the D-Day invasion landing trials. It later became home to the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Royal Norwegian Air Force. It ceased operational duties in 1945, and was sold by the Air Ministry in 1958.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV20447 | Un-published: ACE Archaeology Club. 1999. Winkleigh Airfield Survey. Digital. |
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| SDV337267 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. 3G/TUD/UK/159/5184. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). [Mapped feature: #93319 ] |
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| SDV344515 | Worksheet: Horner, W.. 1996. Defence of Britain Project. Worksheet. |
| SDV355704 | Leaflet: Passmore, M. + Passmore, A.. 2013. RAF Winkleigh. A Brief Introduction to Twentieth Century Military and Civil Defence Archae. 48. A4 Folded + digital. |
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| SDV359876 | Report - Survey: ACE Archaeology Club. 2008. Winkleigh Airfield. ACE Archaeology. Digital. 9. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV67839 | Parent of: Air Raid Shelters, Winkleigh Airfield Dispersed Site (Monument) |
| MDV67838 | Parent of: Airmen's Barracks, Winkleigh Airfield Dispersed Site (Monument) |
| MDV76588 | Parent of: Airmen's Barracks, Winkleigh Airfield Dispersed Site (Monument) |
| MDV76589 | Parent of: Airmen's Barracks, Winkleigh Airfield Dispersed Site (Monument) |
| MDV76590 | Parent of: Airmen's Latrines, Winkleigh Airfield Dispersed Site (Monument) |
| MDV67831 | Parent of: Fuel Compound, Winkleigh Airfield Dispersed Site (Monument) |
| MDV75689 | Parent of: Lower Carley Farmhouse, Lifton (Building) |
| MDV67833 | Parent of: Officers' Ablutions and Latrine Block, Winkleigh Airfield Dispersed Site (Monument) |
| MDV76581 | Parent of: Officers' and Servants' Quarters, Winkleigh Airfield Dispersed Site (Monument) |
| MDV76583 | Parent of: Officers' and Servants' Quarters, Winkleigh Airfield Dispersed Site (Monument) |
| MDV67832 | Parent of: Officers' Quarters, Winkleigh Airfield Dispersed Site (Monument) |
| MDV76569 | Parent of: Officers' Quarters, Winkleigh Airfield Dispersed Site (Monument) |
| MDV76579 | Parent of: Officers' Quarters, Winkleigh Airfield Dispersed Site (Monument) |
| MDV76580 | Parent of: Officers' Quarters, Winkleigh Airfield Dispersed Site (Monument) |
| MDV67836 | Parent of: Picket Post, Winkleigh Airfield Dispersed Site (Monument) |
| MDV67837 | Parent of: Sergeants' and Airmen's Ablutions and Drying Room, Winkleigh Airfield Dispersed Site (Monument) |
| MDV67835 | Parent of: Sergeants' Latrine, Winkleigh Airfield Dispersed Site (Monument) |
| MDV76584 | Parent of: Sergeants' Latrines, Winkleigh Airfield Dispersed Site (Monument) |
| MDV67834 | Parent of: Sergeants' Quarters, Winkleigh Airfield Dispersed Site (Monument) |
| MDV76585 | Parent of: Sergeants' Quarters, Winkleigh Airfield Dispersed Site (Monument) |
| MDV76586 | Parent of: Sergeant's Quarters, Winkleigh Airfield Dispersed Site (Monument) |
| MDV46535 | Related to: Winkleigh Airfield (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7124 - Survey of Winkleigh Airfield (Ref: 1999)
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 27 2024 10:19AM |
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