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HER Number:MDV56500
Name:Motor Transport Workshops, Dunkeswell Airfield

Summary

Three United States Navy supplied Quonset huts.

Location

Grid Reference:ST 138 076
Map Sheet:ST10NW
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishDunkeswell
DistrictEast Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishDUNKESWELL

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: ST10NW/41/40

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • WORKSHOP (Built, World War II - 1939 AD (Between) to 1945 AD (Between))

Full description

Francis, P., 1995, Blackdown Hills Airfield Survey. Dunkeswell and Upottery, Nos 44-46, Pl . 8, Fig. 23 (Report - Survey). SDV312951.

Buildings 113-115. Motor transport workshops. USN supplied Quonset huts. Construction: cold-rolled fabricated steel arched-shaped ribs made in three parts creating a span of 40 feet and spaced at four feet centres to form a building 100 feet long. Clad with corrugated iron sheeting.
Function: three garage type workshop facilities forming part of the large USN motor transport depot, associated with motor vehicle yard and air ministry type motor transport shed. The three workshops are in excellent condition and are all part of an interesting group representing the only USN motor transport depot buildings in the UK. One hut currently not used and the other two function as garage workshops.

Ordnance Survey, 2024, Mastermap 2024 (Cartographic). SDV365834.

Three rectangular buldings marked as B1, B2 and B3.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV312951Report - Survey: Francis, P.. 1995. Blackdown Hills Airfield Survey. Dunkeswell and Upottery. Blackdown Hills AONB. A4 Comb Bound + Digital. Nos 44-46, Pl . 8, Fig. 23.
SDV365834Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2024. Mastermap 2024. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #143575 ]

Associated Monuments

MDV45090Part of: Dunkeswell Airfield (Monument)
MDV56502Related to: Motor Transport Shed, Dunkeswell Airfield (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV4948 - Blackdown Hills Airfield Survey

Date Last Edited:Feb 6 2025 10:16AM