Monument record 1248/0/1 - Possible WWII Anti Aircraft Battery

Group of ring ditches seen on air photographs. They may represent the ploughed out remains of a World War II anti-aircraft battery.

{2} Undated site. Two possible ring ditches at SP79564190 and SP79584188. A third ring ditch is located 250m to the west. Possibly a WWII anti-aircraft battery.

{3} NMR photos show a pentagonal enclosure with a central ring.

{4} Finds made pre 1980 include "post medieval pot sherds and glass".

<1> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, NCCAP: SP7941/001-3 (unchecked) (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.34/Site 1 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

<3> FOARD G., Oral Report to SMR, (unchecked) (Oral Report). SNN50573.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP74SE35 (checked) (Index). SNN443.

<5> Ordnance Survey, OS 6 Inch Mapping Series (SP74SE), (unchecked) (Map). SNN47037.

<6> Annotated Record Map, Bucks County Museum Record 6". (Map). SNN112961.

<7> Royal Air Force, Vertical Aerial Photography, APs RAF 106G/UK1562, 4249-50, 7.6.46 (Photographs). SNN104890.

Record last edited

Feb 4 2025 8:08PM