Summary

Ammunition Shelter (destroyed)

Full description

N of the wartime Widford Roundabout, between the railway and the gardens of houses fronting Moulsham Street, was an orchard. Between the trees in the northern part of the orchard stood a nissen-hut type ammunition shelter. This can be most clearly seen on a low-level oblique aerial photograph taken in March 1949. It was typically small, with a corrugated iron curved roof and brick end walls. <1>

This entire area has now been re-developed by the houses of Redmayne Drive.

<1> 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 2.4

Sources and further reading

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