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HER Number (PRN):33858
Name:Site of aircraft emplacements, RAF Atcham, Ravenshaws Gorse
Type of Record:Monument
Protected Status:None recorded

Monument Type(s):

Summary

The site of an aircraft emplacement/shelter, part of RAF Atcham, now demolished.

Parish:Wroxeter and Uppington, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire
Map Sheet:SJ51SE
Grid Reference:SJ 56827 10866

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

Constructed c.1941 for Atcham aerodrome, but this example located at the edge of Black Coppice. Designed to harbour two aircraft; its integral air raid shelter, with entries from both aircraft bays, survives intact. <1>

Now demolished. <2>


<01a> Milln Jeremy, 1998/ 1995, The National Trust Archaeological Survey: Attingham Park, 50400 (Field survey report). SSA20940.


<01> National Trust, 2017, National Trust Heritage Records Online, https://heritagerecords.nationaltrust.org.uk/HBSMR/MonRecord.aspx?uid=MNA141958 (Webpage). SSA29599.


<02> Getmapping plc, 2012, Get Mapping Digital Aerial Photographic 25cm Resolution Data Set for Shropshire (Current) (Vertical aerial photograph). SSA24179.

Sources

[01a]SSA20940 - Field survey report: Milln Jeremy. 1998/ 1995. The National Trust Archaeological Survey: Attingham Park. Nat Trust Rep. 50400.
[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=MNA141958.
[02]SSA24179 - Vertical aerial photograph: Getmapping plc. 2012. Get Mapping Digital Aerial Photographic 25cm Resolution Data Set for Shropshire (Current). Colour. ECW. 1:2500.
Date Last Edited:Mar 5 2018 1:48PM

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