Information for record number MWA10230:
Transmitting Station

Summary Site of remote W/T transmitting station.
What Is It?  
Type: Radio Station
Period: Modern (1914 AD - 2050 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Bourton and Draycote
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 43 70
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 Letter states "I was also able to locate the site of the remote W/T transmitting station (Drwg No. 2070/40) 400m north of Bourton on Dunsmore village, off the B4453 at SP43147099." Drawing reference relates to the RAF Museum at Hendon. site presumably therefore RAF. Elsewhere letter implies that this site was WWII though not certain.
 
Sources
Source No:
Source Type: Building Survey
Title: The Ministry Building, The Straight Mile, Bourton, Warwickshire
Author/originator:
Date: 2014
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Correspondence
Title: RAF Church Lawford
Author/originator: Adrian Armishaw
Date: 2001
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Glossary

 
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period Modern The Modern Period, about 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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period modern About 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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monument VILLAGE * A collection of dwelling-houses and other buildings, usually larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a simpler organisation and administration than the latter. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument BUILDING * A structure with a roof to provide shelter from the weather for occupants or contents. Use specific type where known. back
monument CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. Use more specific type where known. back
monument MUSEUM * A building, group of buildings or space within a building, where objects of value such as works of art, antiquities, scientific specimens, or other artefacts are housed and displayed. back
monument RADIO STATION * A building or group of buildings containing equipment capable of transmitting and receiving radio signals. Use BROADCASTING RADIO STATION for broadcasting establishments e.g. BBC Radio stations. back

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