Building record 7144/0/1 - Possible Ammunition Stores/Fuel Depot, Isham

Three rectangular structures with entrances to the NE possibly date to the WWII period

{1}The ammunition storage facility near Isham may date from the war period.

{2} "The site is located inside Big Covert … The person who told me about this site was told about it by an amateur pilot who had flown over the site…… From the road it is possible to see a couple of long, low structures and some very tall telegraph poles. These … also appear around the entrances to the underground ammunition store at" a site near Bath. "They were used to carry camouflage netting high enough to allow vehicles to load under cover, and suggest a WWII date."

{3}{4} Three rectangular structures with entrances to the NE. Two are located on the E edge of Big Covert; one within the woodland. All three linked by a track.

{5} Fuel Depot that possibly served local airfields.

<1> MANN C., 1996, Correspondence From W.B.C., (unchecked) (Letter). SNN46860.

<2> Armishaw A., 1999, LETTERS, (unchecked) (Letter). SNN43507.

<3> 1978, PHOTOGRAPHS, 8773/001 (unchecked) (Photographs). SNN51685.

<4> 1983, PHOTOGRAPHS, 8773/5 (unchecked) (Photographs). SNN51687.

<5> Peterson, I, 2020, Farthingstone, Northamptonshire: Roman camp and V-shaped ditches, e40333 (Note). SNN111963.

Record last edited

May 20 2020 2:15PM