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| HER Number: | MDV56487 |
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| Name: | Aviation Fuel Installation, Dunkeswell Airfield |
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Summary
Site of a pump house and six underground aviation fuel storage tanks buried in the centre of an oval-shaped road. Fuel was pumped from the tanks to RAF petrol tankers which then filled up the aircraft waiting on dispersal.
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 138 084 |
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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/41/27
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FUEL STORE (Constructed, World War II - 1939 AD (Between) to 1945 AD (Between))
Full description
Francis, P., 1995, Blackdown Hills Airfield Survey. Dunkeswell and Upottery, No. 23, Fig. 22 (Report - Survey). SDV312951.
Building 68. Bulk aviation fuel installation pump house. Construction: oval-shaped concrete road with six underground aviation fuel storage tanks buried in the centre. A single 4.5ins walled pump house with steel roof trusses clad with corrugated asbestos roof sheeting.
Note: this is different from that at Upottery where there were two pump houses on each aviation fuel storage site.
Function: to pump aviation petrol from underground storage tanks (total capacity 72,000 gallons) to RAF petrol tankers which then filled up aircraft waiting on dispersal.
The building is in fairly good condition. There is evidence of pipework but the pumps are missing. The concrete road and fuel tanker hardstandings are all still in situ.
Ordnance Survey, 2024, Mastermap 2024 (Cartographic). SDV365834.
The oval road is still extant but the pump house is no longer standing.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV312951 | Report - Survey: Francis, P.. 1995. Blackdown Hills Airfield Survey. Dunkeswell and Upottery. Blackdown Hills AONB. A4 Comb Bound + Digital. No. 23, Fig. 22. |
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| SDV365834 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2024. Mastermap 2024. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #142689 ] |
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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: | Feb 6 2025 2:09PM |
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