Information for record number MWA7982:
RAF Wellesbourne Mountford - Living Site No 5

Summary The site of one of five barracks used by RAF personnel at Wellesbourne Mountfield airfield during the Second World War. The site is now in agricultural use and is located 700m north of Red Hill Wood.
What Is It?  
Type: Dispersed Site
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Wellesbourne
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 27 54
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 One of five sites built to accommodate RAF personnel near Wellesbourne Mountford Airfield. The site was cleared shortly after the war and returned to agricultural use.
2 Airfield plan - not to scale.
3 A topsoil magnetic susceptibility survey carried out in 1992 in this area showed high readings for the site of the RAF camp.
4 Plan of RAF Camp and part of Wellesbourne Airfield from the RAF Museum at Hendon.
5 The site of a Second World War dispersed accommodation site for RAF Wellesbourne Mountford (Monument Number 1431276) is visible on aerial photographs and was located on the east side of Ettington Road, west of Laughs Buildings. The dispersed site comprised barrack blocks, ablutions blocks, a picket post (guardhouse), and a circular emergency water supply tank. The Buildings were demolished by 1971. It was mapped as part of the South-East Warwickshire and Cotswold Hills HLS National Mapping Programme.
 
Sources
Source No: 3
Source Type: Archaeological Report
Title: Wellesbourne, Warwickshire. Magnetic Susceptibility, Magnetometer and Auger Survey
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Date: 1992
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Source No: 4
Source Type: Archaeological Report
Title: Wellesbourne, Warwickshire. Magnetic Susceptibility, Magnetometer and Auger Survey
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Date: 1992
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Source No: 5
Source Type: Desk Top Study
Title: SE Warwickshire and Cotswolds NMP Project
Author/originator: Amanda Dickson
Date: 2010-2012
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Map
Title: Wellesbourne Mountford
Author/originator:
Date: 1942
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Notes
Author/originator: Brace, J
Date: 1997
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Glossary

 
Word or Phrase
Description  
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
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument GUARDHOUSE * A building used for the accommodation of a military guard and/or the detainment of prisoners. 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 ABLUTIONS BLOCK * A building housing washing facilities and toilets. The term occurs mainly in a military context. back
monument BARRACKS * A building used to house members of the armed forces. back
monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument EMERGENCY WATER SUPPLY * A reservoir or tank used to hold a supply of water for fire-fighting purposes in the event of the main supply being damaged or cut off. back
monument MAGNETOMETER * An instrument for measuring magnetic forces, especially the strength of terrestrial magnetism. 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 DISPERSED SITE * Accommodation and facilities for aircrew away from the main RAF airfield. back
monument WOOD * A tract of land with trees, sometimes acting as a boundary or barrier, usually smaller and less wild than a forest. back
monument RED HILL * Iron Age or Roman coastal site producing salt by boiling of seawater in fired clay pans, resulting in characteristic mounds of 'BRIQUETAGE' (see Archaeological Objects Thesaurus). back
monument AIRFIELD * An area or site used for the landing and take-off of aircraft, often including associated buildings, equipment and other installations. back
monument TANK * Armoured military vehicle with its own firepower, which operates on tracks for troop mobility over rough terrain. Some may be adapted, or purpose-built, to be amphibious, and may then be double-indexed as AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLE. back

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