Monument Number 1547243 |
| Hob Uid: 1547243 | |
Location :
Warwickshire
Stratford-on-Avon
Wellesbourne and Walton, Loxley
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| Grid Ref : SP2687153241 |
| Summary : The site of a Second World War dispersed accommodation site for RAF Wellesbourne Mountford (Monument Number 1431276) is visible on aerial photographs and was located on the west side of Woodfield Farm, in Wellesbourne Wood. The dispersed site comprised barrack blocks, ablutions blocks, a picket post (guardhouse), and a circular emergency water supply tank. Any other structures were obscured on the available aerial photographs by the tree canopy. The site was cleared after the war and was woodland by 1971. |
| More information : The site of a Second World War dispersed accommodation site for RAF Wellesbourne Mountford (Monument Number 1431276) is visible on aerial photographs and has been mapped as part of the SE Warwickshire and Cotswolds HLS NMP survey. It is located on the west side of Woodfield Farm, in Wellesbourne Wood and is centred at SP 26879 53249. The dispersed site comprised barrack blocks, ablutions block, a picket post (guardhouse), and a circular emergency water supply tank. Any other structures were obscured on the available aerial photographs by the tree canopy. The site was cleared after the war and was woodland by 1971. (1-3) |