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HER Number (PRN):33826
Name:Fighter pens, Northern Perimeter Track, RAF Atcham, Duncote Farm
Type of Record:Building
Protected Status:None recorded

Monument Type(s):

Summary

Aircraft fighter pens, RAF Atcham.

Parish:Wroxeter and Uppington, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire
Map Sheet:SJ51SE
Grid Reference:SJ 57595 10901

Related records

21415Part of: Site of RAF Atcham (Monument)

Associated Finds: None recorded

Associated Events

  • ESA8484 - 2015 Management survey of Second World War structures at RAF Atcham by Paul Francis and Paul Bellamy

Description

A series of fighter pens recorded by the National Trust SMR. ->

-> 50295 at SJ 5767 1098 [https://heritagerecords.nationaltrust.org.uk/HBSMR/MonRecord.aspx?uid=MNA142755]: An anchor shaped earthwork overall 50m x 40m and 2.2m high designed to harbour 2 aircraft, as 50168*1. This example survives presumably complete with its integral concrete air raid shelter, but access to both bays is currently obstructed. ->

-> 50296 at SJ 5756 1087 [https://heritagerecords.nationaltrust.org.uk/HBSMR/MonRecord.aspx?uid=MNA143226]: A WWII aircraft emplacement and integrated air raid shelter, as 50295, but now levelled with only the shelter surviving below ground. ->

-> 50297 at SJ 5749 1080 [not found online]: Air raid shelter at Uckington Farm. <1>

Visited in management/condition survey in 2015. Extant remains described in detail. Photographic record. <2>


<01a> Milln Jeremy, 1998/ 1995, The National Trust Archaeological Survey: Attingham Park, 50295; 50296; 50297 (Field survey report). SSA20940.


<01> National Trust, 2017, National Trust Heritage Records Online (Webpage). SSA29599.


<02> Francis P and Bellamy P, 2015, Management plan: Second World War structures, RAF Atcham, pp.39-45 (Management report). SSA29903.

Sources

[01a]SSA20940 - Field survey report: Milln Jeremy. 1998/ 1995. The National Trust Archaeological Survey: Attingham Park. Nat Trust Rep. 50295; 50296; 50297.
[01]SSA29599 - Webpage: National Trust. 2017. National Trust Heritage Records Online. https://heritagerecords.nationaltrust.org.uk/home. 15/09/17.
[02]SSA29903 - Management report: Francis P and Bellamy P. 2015. Management plan: Second World War structures, RAF Atcham. pp.39-45.
Date Last Edited:Mar 2 2018 12:05PM

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