| HER Number (PRN): | 33833 |
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| Name: | WWII Emergency operations room and cable diversion block, RAF Atcham, Norton Farm |
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| Type of Record: | Building |
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Protected Status: | None recorded |
Monument Type(s):
Summary
Site of emergency operations room (demolished) and standing structure of cable diversion block.
| Parish: | Wroxeter and Uppington, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ50NE |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 56626 09142 |
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Related records
| 21415 | Part of: Site of RAF Atcham (USAAF Station 342) (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
Site 3 is located on a triangular plot between the B4394 and a minor road to Wellington, just south of Norton Farm. In the top northern corner where the Bell Brook forms a boundary is the cable diversion block, which is the sole remaining structure on the site. The emergency operations room has long since been demolished. It is constructed with windowless but vented external walls of 9 inch brick (English bond) with a reinforced concrete slab roof. It has a single access doorway (door missing) protected by a blast wall, and contains a single room with suspended concrete slab floor having a large rectangular-shaped opening and cable vault below. Communication cables entered and left the building through earthenware conduit pipes. The roof is a concrete slab. Photographed. <1>
Sources
| [01] | SSA29903 - Management report: Francis P and Bellamy P. 2015. Management plan: Second World War structures, RAF Atcham. p.51. |
| Date Last Edited: | May 24 2021 2:52PM |
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