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| HER Number: | MDV56520 |
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| Name: | Aircraft Maintenance Workshop, Dunkeswell Airfield |
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Summary
Former Second World War aircraft maintenance workshop. The workshop originally belonged to a large group of American prefrabricated hutting dedicated to aircraft maintenance which were all built close to the T2 aircraft hangar.
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 135 073 |
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| Map Sheet: | ST10NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Dunkeswell |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | DUNKESWELL |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: ST10NW/41/60
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- WORKSHOP (Built, World War II - 1939 AD (Between) to 1945 AD (Between))
Full description
Francis, P., 1995, Blackdown Hills Airfield Survey. Dunkeswell and Upottery, No. 66, Fig. 23 (Report - Survey). SDV312951.
Building 178. Aircraft maintenance workshops (USN supply) construction: cold-rolled fabricated steel arched-shaped ribs made in three parts creating a span of 40 feet and spaced at four feet centres to form a building 100 feet long. Clad with corrugated iron sheeting. The end wall has the following information printed on the corrugated iron - 1 pkgs of 41 pkgs item: store house usn 80 51-010 y&d crate 0v8. Function: one of two huts that functioned as power plant assembly and aero engine store while the other was probably an aircraft instrument repair shop. Originally belonging to a large group of American prefabricated hutting dedicated to aircraft maintenance. All of these were built close to the T2 hangar.
Lake, J., 2000, Survey of Military Aviation Sites and Structures. Summary Report: Thematic Listing Programme: English Heritage (Report - Survey). SDV352756.
Recommended for Listing at Grade II.
Ordnance Survey, 2025, Mastermap 2025 (Cartographic). SDV366286.
Marked as building B23.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV312951 | Report - Survey: Francis, P.. 1995. Blackdown Hills Airfield Survey. Dunkeswell and Upottery. Blackdown Hills AONB. A4 Comb Bound + Digital. No. 66, Fig. 23. |
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| SDV352756 | Report - Survey: Lake, J.. 2000. Survey of Military Aviation Sites and Structures. Summary Report: Thematic Listing Programme: English Heritage. English Heritage. A4 Comb Bound + Digital. |
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| SDV366286 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2025. Mastermap 2025. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #143838 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV45090 | Part of: Dunkeswell Airfield (Monument) |
| MDV56519 | Related to: Aircraft Maintenance Workshop, Dunkeswell Airfield (Monument) |
| MDV56521 | Related to: T2 Hangar, Dunkeswell Airfield (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV4948 - Blackdown Hills Airfield Survey
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 10 2025 12:03PM |
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