Information for record number MWA7987:
RAF Wellesbourne Mountford - Living Site No 3

Summary The site of one of five barracks used by RAF personnel at Wellesbourne Mountfield airfield during the Second World War. It is located in Wellesbourne Wood.
What Is It?  
Type: Dispersed Site
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Wellesbourne
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 26 53
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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 after the war and is now woodland.
2 Airfield plan - not to scale.
3 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 in Wellesbourne wood, northwest of Loxley-Bushes Farm. The dispersed site comprised barrack blocks, ablutions blocks, a picket post (guardhouse), and a circular emergency water supply tank. Any other structures were obscured on the available aerial photographs by the tree canopy. The site was cleared after the war and was woodland by 1971. Mapped as part of the South-East Warwickshire and Cotswold Hills HLS National Mapping Programme.
 
Sources
Source No: 3
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Source Type: Unpublished document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

 
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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
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 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 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 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 STRUCTURE * A construction of unknown function, either extant or implied by archaeological evidence. If known, use more specific type. 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 FARM * A tract of land, often including a farmhouse and ancillary buildings, used for the purpose of cultivation and the rearing of livestock, etc. Use more specific type where known. 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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