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HER Number (PRN):33839
Name:Site of Atcham Airfield Dispersed Site Number 8, RAF Atcham, Attingham Deer Park
Type of Record:Monument
Protected Status:None recorded

Monument Type(s):

Summary

Subsurface remains of airfield dispersed site.

Parish:Wroxeter and Uppington, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire
Map Sheet:SJ51SE
Grid Reference:SJ 55784 10194

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

Atcham WWII Airfield "dispersed site No. 8". Accommodation site bordering extreme southern tip of New Plantation. All demolished by 1972, site returned to pasture although some concrete hut bases remain following final use as pig sties. <1>

Described briefly in management/condition survey in 2015. An ‘L’-shaped site on the SW corner of New Plantation, three complete and one partial building platforms and roadway remaining. <2>


<01a> Milln Jeremy, 1998/ 1995, The National Trust Archaeological Survey: Attingham Park, 50396 (Field survey report). SSA20940.


<01> National Trust, 2017, National Trust Heritage Records Online, https://heritagerecords.nationaltrust.org.uk/HBSMR/MonRecord.aspx?uid=MNA142595 (Webpage). SSA29599.


<02> Francis P and Bellamy P, 2015, Management plan: Second World War structures, RAF Atcham, p.53 (Management report). SSA29903.

Sources

[01a]SSA20940 - Field survey report: Milln Jeremy. 1998/ 1995. The National Trust Archaeological Survey: Attingham Park. Nat Trust Rep. 50396.
[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=MNA142595.
[02]SSA29903 - Management report: Francis P and Bellamy P. 2015. Management plan: Second World War structures, RAF Atcham. p.53.
Date Last Edited:Mar 2 2018 2:07PM

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