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| HER Number: | MDV56490 |
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| Name: | Fire Tender Shelter, Dunkeswell Airfield |
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Summary
Former fire tender shelter for the wartime airfield.
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 139 078 |
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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/41/30
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FIRE ENGINE HOUSE (Built, World War II - 1939 AD (Between) to 1945 AD (Between))
Full description
Francis, P., 1995, Blackdown Hills Airfield Survey. Dunkeswell and Upottery, No. 27, Fig. 23 (Report - Survey). SDV312951.
Building 34. Fire tender shelter. Construction: rendered 4.5ins brick with piers at 10ft. Centres, steel trusses supporting corrugated asbestos sheeting.
Function: used as a garage for fire tender truck operated by the duty fire crew stationed in the guardhouse. Currently used as a garden nursery and in good condition.
Ordnance Survey, 2024, Mastermap 2024 (Cartographic). SDV365834.
Francis' Fig. 23 suggests that this may be the fire tender shelter.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV312951 | Report - Survey: Francis, P.. 1995. Blackdown Hills Airfield Survey. Dunkeswell and Upottery. Blackdown Hills AONB. A4 Comb Bound + Digital. No. 27, Fig. 23. |
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| SDV365834 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2024. Mastermap 2024. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. 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: | Jul 25 2024 4:40PM |
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