Building record 1293/1/14 - WWII Picket Post, Spanhoe Airfield

{1] Two red brick buildings, probably of WWII date are associated with the airfield. One is a square building, now partially concealed by trees, and is interpreted as a pillbox; the other, a larger structure, is currently used for storing sugarbeet and lies immediately to the west.
[GC notes that the structures are visible on OS mapping. All these features formed part of the WWII Spanhoe airfield. Both structures lay outside the north east perimeter track of the airfield and thus toward its edge. Reference to the 1:25,00 scale Spanhoe airfield Record Site Plan, Site No 1 Airfield Sites (Air Ministry DGW 4562/44 Jan 1945) indicates that the square building was identified as building 89, a Picket Post, Type B, 1580/42, a small guardhouse building of a type often found on dispersed airfield sites.]

<1> Fell D., 2003, Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment: Land at Wakerley, Northamptonshire, p.22 (unchecked) (Report). SNN104814.

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Feb 1 2018 11:47AM