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| HER Number: | MDV56486 |
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| Name: | Radar Workshop, Dunkeswell Airfield |
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Summary
Site of a pre-fabricated hut comprising a plywood frame clad in asbestos sheeting which stood on a concrete base. Only the concrete base is still extant.
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 137 083 |
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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/41/26
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- WORKSHOP (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.
Rectangular building visible.
Francis, P., 1995, Blackdown Hills Airfield Survey. Dunkeswell and Upottery, No. 22 (Report - Survey). SDV312951.
Radar workshop. Construction: uni-seco asbestos and plywood hut of which only the concrete floor survives (see Figure 11 for construction details). A brick built accumulator store is still extant at one end of the concrete base. Bricks are laid haphazardly and there is also evidence of a steel door frame.
Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015 onwards, 2015 onward Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV362959.
Remains of building visible.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV312951 | Report - Survey: Francis, P.. 1995. Blackdown Hills Airfield Survey. Dunkeswell and Upottery. Blackdown Hills AONB. Digital + A4. No. 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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| SDV362959 | Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. 2015 onwards. 2015 onward Aerial Photographs. Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. Photograph (Digital). |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV45090 | Part of: Dunkeswell Airfield (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV4948 - Blackdown Hills Airfield Survey
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 22 2023 10:57AM |
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