Information for record number MWA12159:
Roadside storage of military material, Long Compton

Summary Vehicles or covered dumps of material are evident on aerial photographs taken in March 1944 by the US Air Force.
What Is It?  
Type: Mobilization Centre
Period: Modern (1914 AD - 2050 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Long Compton
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 31 31
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Level of Protection Local
Description

  
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3 Vehicles or covered dumps of material are evident on aerial photographs taken in March 1944 by the US Air Force. There were about 300 individual items located on both sides of the roads to the north-west of Great Rollright which straddles the Warwickshire - Oxfordshire border.
4 The date of the aerial photographs suggests that the material was stored in preparation for the invasion of Europe in June 1944.
5 An additional area to the NE was mapped by the next stage of NMP: A series of Second World War storehouses or bomb stores are visible as structures on aerial photographs taken in 1944, though the storage has been removed on aerial photographs taken in 1946. The storage comprises large crates or possibly sheds arranged on both sides of the road. The site as a whole is centred on SP 32700 32820, but storage can be seen extending between at least SP 31372 31563 and SP 33562 34239. On the HER, the polygon extends as far to the south east as SP 28003 30855, well beyond this project. This site has been mapped from aerial photographs as part of the South East Warwickshire and Cotswolds HLS Target Areas National Mapping Programme.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: US 7PH LOC201 Frame 12024
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Date: 3 Mar 1944
Page Number: Frame 12024
Volume/Sheet: US 7PH LOC201
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: US 7PH LOC201 Frame 13023
Author/originator:
Date: 3 Mar 1944
Page Number: Frame 13023
Volume/Sheet: US 7PH LOC201
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: SP2930/3
Author/originator:
Date:
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: SP2930/3
   
Source No: 5
Source Type: Desk Top Study
Title: SE Warwickshire and Cotswolds NMP Project
Author/originator: Russell Priest
Date: 2010-2012
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Source No: 4
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: Pers Comm
Author/originator: Laurence Chadd
Date: 2007
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technique Aerial Photograph Aerial photographs are taken during an aerial survey, which involves looking at the ground from above. It is usually easier to see cropmarks and earthworks when they are viewed from above. Aerial photographs help archaeologists to record what they see and to identify new sites. There are two kinds of aerial photographs; oblique and vertical. back
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 SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument BORDER * A strip of ground forming a fringe to a garden. Use more specific type where known. back
monument BOMB STORE * A complex of buildings and earthworks constructed for the storage of bombs and pyrotechnics. back
monument MOBILIZATION CENTRE * An installation used to store ammunition and equipment ready for the mobilization of armed forces in the event of a war. back
monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument WELL * A shaft or pit dug in the ground over a supply of spring-water. back
monument STOREHOUSE * A building in which goods or items are stored. Use more specific type where known. back
monument SHED * A slight structure built for shelter or storage, or for use as a workshop, either attached as a lean-to to a permanent building or separate. Use more specific type where known. back
monument STRUCTURE * A construction of unknown function, either extant or implied by archaeological evidence. If known, use more specific type. back
monument TARGET * Any structure or object, used for the purpose of practice shooting by aerial, seaborne or land mounted weapons. back

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