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HER Number:MDV57280
Name:Open Blast Shelter, Upottery Airfield

Summary

Vis=01/12/1994(horner) brick -built open blast shelter at upottery airfield. Largely intact although earth traverse has been removed. The shelter is recorded on raf ap coverage of the site and also in francis' survey although the latter does not mention it in the gazetteer of surviving features (horner).

Location

Grid Reference:ST 193 109
Map Sheet:ST11SE
Admin AreaSomerset
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishClayhidon
DistrictMid Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishCLAYHIDON

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: ST11SE/89/40

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • AIR RAID SHELTER (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV2244.

Vis=01/12/1994(horner) brick -built open blast shelter at upottery airfield. Largely intact although earth traverse has been removed. The shelter is recorded on raf ap coverage of the site and also in francis' survey although the latter does not mention it in the gazetteer of surviving features (horner).


Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV36924.

Aph=raf/cpe/uk/1974/1303-4/(11/04/1947)/smr 22/79-80.


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV36925.

Des=horner, w. /(08/01/1997)/as above.


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV36926.

Des=slide (horner)/(01/12/1994)/in smr.


Francis, P., 1995, Blackdown Hills Airfield Survey. Dunkeswell and Upottery. (Report - Survey). SDV312951.

Francis, p. /blackdown hills airfield survey/(1995)/plan of upottery airfield.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV2244Migrated Record:
SDV312951Report - Survey: Francis, P.. 1995. Blackdown Hills Airfield Survey. Dunkeswell and Upottery.. Blackdown Hills AONB. Digital + A4.
SDV36924Aerial Photograph:
SDV36925Migrated Record:
SDV36926Migrated Record:

Associated Monuments

MDV47202Part of: Upottery Airfield (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV4948 - Blackdown Hills Airfield Survey

Date Last Edited:Apr 9 2019 10:20AM