Monument record MDO31845 - Second World War airfield ancillary site, RAF Warmwell, Crossways

An ancillary site associated with the Second World War airfield of RAF Warmwell is visible as a structure on aerial photographs of the 1940s immediately to the north of the airfield.

An ancillary site associated with the Second World War airfield of RAF Warmwell (see MDO31842) is visible as a structure on aerial photographs of the 1940s immediately to the north of the airfield. The site consists of several groups of buildings and five possible weapons pits, visible over an area measuring 445 m by 485 m. The site is of uncertain function, but appears to be associated with the airfield. (1-6) The site is now farmland. (7) This feature was digitally plotted as part of the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

<1> United States Army Air Forces, 04-JAN-1944, US/7PH/GP/LOC138 5005-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDO10852.

<2> United States Army Air Forces, 04-JAN-1944, US/7PH/GP/LOC138 5007-8 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13364.

<3> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2018 4018-19 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13768.

<4> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2018 4020-21 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13772.

<5> Royal Air Force, 11-MAR-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2491 3002-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13769.

<6> Royal Air Force, 11-MAR-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2491 3003-4 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13775.

<7> XX-XXX-2009, Google Earth (Aerial Photograph). SDO12705.

Record last edited

Jul 15 2020 4:22PM