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| HER Number: | MDV57248 |
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| Name: | STOREHOUSE in the Parish of Clayhidon |
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Summary
Night flying equipment store. Construction: rendered 4.5 inch walls with piers at ten feet centres supporting steel trusses carrying corrugated asbestos sheeting. Built in three bays each having large double timber doors opening out onto concrete hurters. Building 30 feet long by 18 feet wide, walls 10ft-6ins high (plate 24). Function: for the garaging of portable airfield lighting equipment including, goose flare trolley, glim lamp trolley and illuminated landing tee (for use at night). Note: the fire tender shelter normally built on raf class 'a' aerodromes was not built here and instead the fire tender was parked on a concrete hardstanding next to the control tower (francis).
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 187 104 |
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| Map Sheet: | ST11SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Clayhidon |
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| District | Mid Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | CLAYHIDON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: ST11SE/89/23
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- STOREHOUSE (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV36767.
Francis, p. /blackdown hills airfield survey/(1995)/upottery:23.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV36768.
Des=slide (horner, w. )/(01/12/1994)/in smr.
Francis, P., 1995, Blackdown Hills Airfield Survey. Dunkeswell and Upottery., 103 (Report - Survey). SDV312951.
Night flying equipment store. Construction: rendered 4.5 inch walls with piers at ten feet centres supporting steel trusses carrying corrugated asbestos sheeting. Built in three bays each having large double timber doors opening out onto concrete hurters. Building 30 feet long by 18 feet wide, walls 10ft-6ins high (plate 24). Function: for the garaging of portable airfield lighting equipment including, goose flare trolley, glim lamp trolley and illuminated landing tee (for use at night). Note: the fire tender shelter normally built on raf class 'a' aerodromes was not built here and instead the fire tender was parked on a concrete hardstanding next to the control tower (francis).
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV312951 | Report - Survey: Francis, P.. 1995. Blackdown Hills Airfield Survey. Dunkeswell and Upottery.. Blackdown Hills AONB. Digital + A4. 103. |
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| SDV36767 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV36768 | Migrated Record: |
Associated Monuments
| MDV47202 | Part of: Upottery Airfield (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV4948 - Blackdown Hills Airfield Survey
| Date Last Edited: | Sep 30 2015 5:07PM |
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