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| HER Number: | MDV78756 |
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| Name: | Works Services Hut, Upottery Airfield |
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Summary
World War II Women's Auxiliary Air Force accommodation site.
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 194 105 |
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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: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- WORKSHOP (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.
Francis, P., 1995, Blackdown Hills Airfield Survey. Dunkeswell and Upottery., 94 (Report - Survey). SDV312951.
Works service huts and yard.
Construction: rendered 4.5 inch brick walls with piers at ten feet centres supporting 18 feet span steel trusses carrying corrugated asbestos sheeting.
Function: originally four Air Ministry Works Department buildings within walled yard containing offices and workshops for the clerk of works and his staff. Only two huts survive, at ST19381052 and ST19401051, both in poor condition
Ordnance Survey, 2010, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV344030.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV312951 | Report - Survey: Francis, P.. 1995. Blackdown Hills Airfield Survey. Dunkeswell and Upottery.. Blackdown Hills AONB. Digital + A4. 94. |
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| SDV342938 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946 - 1949. Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Digital). |
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| SDV344030 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2010. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey. Map (Digital). [Mapped feature: #105575 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV47202 | Part of: Upottery Airfield (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV4948 - Blackdown Hills Airfield Survey
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 22 2022 6:59AM |
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