Summary

Ammunition Shelter (destroyed), SE corner of original Widford Roundabout, Chelmsford

Full description

Contemporary records state, “Ammunition/Storage Chamber. The junction of Princes Ave, and Wood St. Map ref. 146241”. (Mil. Ed.) The landowner is given as “The Petroleum Board”. <1>

Aerial photographs from June 1946, and other entries in the wartime records, show that there was a petrol storage depot on the E side of Wood Street close to the Widford Roundabout. Between this and the corner of the junction was a small area of waste land crossed by a thick band of anti-tank pimples. In the centre of this band was a small nissen-type ammunition shelter. This can be most clearly seen on a low-level oblique aerial photograph taken in March 1949. <2> <3>

<1> unknown, 1968, War Time Contraventions 1968, Chelmsford (LIST). SEX31436.

<2> RAF, 1946, 106G-UK 1565-4416, June 1946 (AP). SEX65517.

<3> RAF, 1949, 540-173-0265, 1000 feet oblique, Mar 1949 (AP). SEX65524.

Monument Types

• AMMUNITION SHELTER (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Associated Events

• Visit by Fred Nash - Mar 2005 (Ref: Nash CHL Mar 2005)

Protected Status

• Historic Environment Character Area: Chelmsford 2
• Historic Environment Character Zone: Chelmsford 2.6

Sources and further reading

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