HER Number (PRN): | 33828 |
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Name: | WWII Sleeping shelter, RAF Atcham, Uckington Farm |
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Type of Record: | Building |
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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 |
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Map Sheet: | SJ51SE |
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Grid Reference: | SJ 57614 10938 |
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Related records
21415 | Part 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
Substantially constructed rest block for WWII airmen, much as 50265, now in a mixed species plantation alongside the B4394 road to Walcot. Dimensions: 12.70m long x 3.60m wide. Now almost completely concealed by plantation woodland. <1>
Visited in management/condition survey in 2015. One of two extant sleeping shelters [see PRN 33827] of four built. Photographic record. <2>
<01a> Milln Jeremy, 1998/ 1995, The National Trust Archaeological Survey: Attingham Park, 50285 (Field survey report). SSA20940.
<01> National Trust, 2017, National Trust Heritage Records Online, https://heritagerecords.nationaltrust.org.uk/HBSMR/MonRecord.aspx?uid=MNA143025 (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. 50285. |
[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=MNA143025. |
[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 12:14PM |
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