| HER Number (PRN): | 33846 |
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| Name: | Site of Atcham Airfield Headquarters, RAF Atcham, Attingham Deer Park |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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Protected Status: | None recorded |
Monument Type(s):
Summary
Subsurface remains of Atcham Airfield Headquarters.
| Parish: | Wroxeter and Uppington, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire |
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| Map Sheet: | SJ50NE |
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| Grid Reference: | SJ 55652 09242 |
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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
Enormous, largely underground, operations block measuring some 50m long and 25m across constructed c.1941 to serve as headquarters for the West Midlands region of RAF fighter command and later by the USAF for their Eight air force. Contained briefing rooms, dormitories, offices, communications, decontamination and heating chambers, ventilation and filtration systems. Demolished in 1975 on orders of Gerald Noel. <1>
<01a> Milln Jeremy, 1998/ 1995, The National Trust Archaeological Survey: Attingham Park, 50272 (Field survey report). SSA20940.
<01> National Trust, 2017, National Trust Heritage Records Online, https://heritagerecords.nationaltrust.org.uk/HBSMR/MonRecord.aspx?uid=MNA142214 (Webpage). SSA29599.
Sources
| [01a] | SSA20940 - Field survey report: Milln Jeremy. 1998/ 1995. The National Trust Archaeological Survey: Attingham Park. Nat Trust Rep. 50272. |
| [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=MNA142214. |
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 2 2018 3:06PM |
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