Information for record number MWA19201:
Heavy Anti-aircraft gun battery, Bubbenhall

Summary The site of a heavy AA battery dating to world War II is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery.
What Is It?  
Type: Anti Aircraft Battery
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Bubbenhall
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 35 72
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Level of Protection Local
Description

  
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1The site of a Heavy Anti-Aircraft gun battery was discovered on HER lidar imagery. It consists of earthworks of 4 gun pits and a control bunker. The approximate site was known from a list of AA batteries but was thought to no longer exist. Also visible on Google Earth 2007 AP layer.
2The site is listed in '20th Century Defences in Warwickshire' as AA20. Part of the Coventry Gun Defended Area (GDA).
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Twentieth Century Defences in Warwickshire
Author/originator: S. Carvell
Date: 2007
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: Pers. Comm.
Author/originator: B Gethin
Date: 2013 onwards
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Glossary

 
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technique Earthwork Earthworks can take the form of banks, ditches and mounds. They are usually created for a specific purpose. A bank, for example, might be the remains of a boundary between two or more fields. Some earthworks may be all that remains of a collapsed building, for example, the grassed-over remains of building foundations.

In the winter, when the sun is lower in the sky than during the other seasons, earthworks have larger shadows. From the air, archaeologists are able to see the patterns of the earthworks more easily. Earthworks can sometimes be confusing when viewed at ground level, but from above, the general plan is much clearer.

Archaeologists often carry out an aerial survey or an earthwork survey to help them understand the lumps and bumps they can see on the ground.
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monument LAYER * An archaeological unit of soil in a horizontal plane which may seal features or be cut through by other features. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument BUNKER * A structure, often built undergound, used for defence and co-ordination of military activity. back
monument PIT * A hole or cavity in the ground, either natural or the result of excavation. Use more specific type where known. back
monument DEFENCE * This is the top term for the class. See DEFENCE Class List for narrow terms. back
monument AIRCRAFT * An aircraft, either whole or in part. Aircraft often survive as commemorative monuments, gate guardians or crash sites. back
monument ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY * A site containing one or more artillery pieces and/or rocket launchers for firing at enemy aircraft. back
monument EARTHWORK * A bank or mound of earth used as a rampart or fortification. back
monument BATTERY * A site where guns, mortars or searchlights are mounted. Use specific type where known. back

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