| HER Number (PRN): | 33838 |
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| Name: | Site of Atcham Airfield Dispersed Site Number 7, RAF Atcham, Attingham Deer Park |
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| Type of Record: | Building |
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Protected Status: | None recorded |
Monument Type(s):
Summary
Subsurface remains of airfield dispersed site.
| Parish: | Wroxeter and Uppington, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ51SE |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 56081 10463 |
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Related records
| 33824 | Part of: Air raid shelter, part of RAF Atcham, Smethcote Farm (Building) |
| 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
Atcham WWII Airfield "dispersed site No. 7". Accommodation site fringing extreme E edge of Park plantation belt. Comprising 7 barrack huts, 1 officers quarters and 2 sergeants quarters by Laing and Nissen. Also 4 latrines, 2 ablutions buildings and one picket post as 4" brick structures. 2 air raid shelters in concrete, one of which survives [PRN 33824], otherwise all demolished in 1971. The site is now used as an NT wood yard. <1>
Described briefly in management/condition survey in 2015. A narrow site adjacent to New Plantation used as a wood yard, building platforms, remains of two Stent shelters and a stored stack of Bar and Rod metal tracking is evident. A building occupies the site of the fuel store. <2>
Sources
| [01a] | SSA20940 - Field survey report: Milln Jeremy. 1998/ 1995. The National Trust Archaeological Survey: Attingham Park. Nat Trust Rep. 50395. |
| [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=MNA141663. |
| [02] | SSA29903 - Management report: Francis P and Bellamy P. 2015. Management plan: Second World War structures, RAF Atcham. p.53. |
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 8 2024 11:38AM |
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