Information for record number MWA9647:
Brookfield Farm Anti Aircraft Artillery site

Summary The site of a heavy anti aircraft installation dating from the Second World War and identified at this grid reference from documentary evidence.
What Is It?  
Type: Anti Aircraft Battery
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Shilton
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 38 83
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 The site of a heavy anti aircraft installation dating from the Second World War. It was part of the Coventry Gun Defended Area, no B, title H71, and was first mentioned in February 1940. In June 1942 it was not listed as equipped with large calibre guns or with radar. Artillery would have been shifted from site to site.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Twentieth Century Fortifications in England, vol I.3
Author/originator: Dobinson C S
Date: 1996
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: Vol I.3
   
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Glossary

 
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Description  
technique Documentary Evidence Documentary evidence is another name for written records. The first written records in Britain date back to the Roman period. Documentary evidence can take many different forms, including maps, charters, letters and written accounts. When archaeologists are researching a site, they often start by looking at documentary evidence to see if there are clues that will help them understand what they might find. Documentary evidence can help archaeologists understand sites that are discovered during an excavation, field survey or aerial survey. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument FORTIFICATION * A usually permanent defensive work. Use specific type where known. 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

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