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Summary

Former Second World War aircraft maintenance hangar.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: ST10NW/41/57

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• AIRCRAFT HANGAR (Built, World War II - 1939 AD (Between) to 1945 AD (Between))

Full description

Francis, P., 1995, Blackdown Hills Airfield Survey. Dunkeswell and Upottery, No. 64, Fig. 23 (Report - Survey). SDV312951.

Building 161. Aircraft shed type T2. Construction: prefabricated standard steel unit-construction sections of interchangeable wall and roof units bolted together on site to form framework of hangar. Cladding was of black painted corrugated iron. Building erected in 23 bays at 239ft-7ins long and a span of 113ft-6ins with a clear height of 25 feet. Function: for the housing of aircraft undergoing periodic maintenance. Both end opening doors have been removed from their rails and fixed onto a brick kerb. Building currently not used.

Ordnance Survey, 2025, Mastermap 2025 (Cartographic). SDV366286.

Large rectangular building.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV4948 - Blackdown Hills Airfield Survey

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