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| HER Number: | MDV56470 |
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| Name: | Armoury maintenance building, Dunkeswell Airfield |
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Summary
Former armoury maintenance building. Brick built with steel trusses supporing a corrugated asbestos roof. It was originally U-shaped in plan surrounded by an earthen bank but only one side of the 'U' now survives together with vestiges of the bank.
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 126 072 |
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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/41/9
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- WORKSHOP (Built, World War II - 1939 AD (Between) to 1945 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.
U-shaped building visible surrounded by an earthen bank. Map object based on this Source.
Francis, P., 1995, Blackdown Hills Airfield Survey. Dunkeswell and Upottery, No. 2, Fig. 22 (Report - Survey). SDV312951.
Building 18. Armoury maintenance building. Construction: rendered 4.5 inch brick walls with piers at ten feet centres supporting steel trusses carrying corrugated asbestos sheeting. Building 'u'-shaped in plan. Function: building consisted of a number of stores and workshops - camera, oil and dope, small bomb container, gun cleaning room, turret repair and armament workshop.
Comments: the centre section has been renovated to a high standard by Dunkeswell Memorial Museum and is used to store artefacts recovered from the airfield and domestic sites. The east annexe has one side wall part removed but inside an internal wall has contemporary artwork (Pl. 2).
Ordnance Survey, 2010, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV344030.
Map object based on this source.
Ordnance Survey, 2022, Mastermap 2022 (Cartographic). SDV364674.
Only one section of the building is still extant. The outer edge of the former earthen bank is delineated.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV312951 | Report - Survey: Francis, P.. 1995. Blackdown Hills Airfield Survey. Dunkeswell and Upottery. Blackdown Hills AONB. A4 Comb Bound + Digital. No. 2, Fig. 22. |
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| SDV342938 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946 - 1949. Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Digital). |
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| SDV344030 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2010. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV364674 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2022. Mastermap 2022. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV45090 | Part of: Dunkeswell Airfield (Monument) |
| MDV56471 | Related to: Blast Shelter, Dunkeswell Airfield (Monument) |
| MDV56472 | Related to: Latrine, Dunkeswell Airfield (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV4948 - Blackdown Hills Airfield Survey
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 6 2025 10:40AM |
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