Thesaurus Term/Concept: NISSEN HUT

Identifier 97128
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note A prefabricated structure of a steel frame clad in corrugated iron. Semi-circular in section they were used as accommodation for the armed forces and, during WWII, as emergency housing for bombed out civilians. Also used for storage.

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Context Record
Monument Type MNN135131 Chelveston Nuclear Bomb Stores (Building)
Monument Type MNN36248 Church Army Hut (Bloody Hut) (Building)
Monument Type MNN31175 Nissen Hut(s) (Building)
Monument Type MNN100355 Nissen Huts, Denford Road (Building)
Monument Type MNN37173 Possible Accommodation/Services for Bombing Range (Building)
Monument Type MNN34552 Possible WWII Ammunition Storage (Monument)
Monument Type MNN24908 Possible WWII Store/Workshop (Building)
Monument Type MNN8144 Royal Ordnance Depot, Weedon (Monument)
Monument Type MNN17558 Silverstone Airfield (WWII) (Monument)
Monument Type MNN104276 Site of WWII Buildings, east of Village Farm Bungalow (Monument)
Monument Type MNN166889 WWII dispersed Site 4 (Sick Quarters), Silverstone Airfield (Monument)
Monument Type MNN31265 WWII Nissen Hut (Building)
Monument Type MNN166370 WWII Nissen hut, Chelveston Airfield (Building)
Monument Type MNN36713 WWII Nissen Huts, The Frame Yard (Monument)