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HER Number (PRN):33827
Name:WWII Sleeping shelter, RAF Atcham, Uckington Farm
Type of Record:Building
Protected Status:None recorded

Monument Type(s):

  • SHELTER (Second World War - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Summary

WWII Sleeping shelter, RAF Atcham.

Parish:Wroxeter and Uppington, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire
Map Sheet:SJ51SE
Grid Reference:SJ 56822 10903

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

WW II sleeping shelter, part of Atcham Airfield Site No.1. Brick built with walls 0.36m thick, reinforced flat concrete roof, protected entries at ends, no windows, similar to 50285*0. One of only 2 survivors on airfield. Located on edge of Black Coppice, it was sited between a hanger (dem) and an aircraft emplacement, 50400*0. Constructed 1941-2. <1>

Visited in management/condition survey in 2015. One of two extant sleeping shelters [see PRN 33828] of four built. Photographic record. <2>


<01a> Milln Jeremy, 1998/ 1995, The National Trust Archaeological Survey: Attingham Park, 50265 (Field survey report). SSA20940.


<01> National Trust, 2017, National Trust Heritage Records Online, https://heritagerecords.nationaltrust.org.uk/HBSMR/MonRecord.aspx?uid=MNA143310 (Webpage). SSA29599.


<02> Francis P and Bellamy P, 2015, Management plan: Second World War structures, RAF Atcham, pp.46-48 (Management report). SSA29903.

Sources

[01a]SSA20940 - Field survey report: Milln Jeremy. 1998/ 1995. The National Trust Archaeological Survey: Attingham Park. Nat Trust Rep. 50265.
[01]SSA29599 - Webpage: National Trust. 2017. National Trust Heritage Records Online. https://heritagerecords.nationaltrust.org.uk/home. 15/09/17. https://heritagerecords.nationaltrust.org.uk/HBSMR/MonRecord.aspx?uid=MNA143310.
[02]SSA29903 - Management report: Francis P and Bellamy P. 2015. Management plan: Second World War structures, RAF Atcham. pp.46-48.
Date Last Edited:Mar 2 2018 12:11PM

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