Monument record MDO31847 - Second World War ancillary site, RAF Warmwell, Crossways

A probable ancillary site associated with the Second World War airfield of RAF Warmwell is visible as a structure on aerial photographs of the 1940s on Skippet Heath to the south east of the airfield.

A probable 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 on Skippet Heath to the south east of the airfield. The site consists of six possible air raid shelters with other buildings around them. (1) The site is under tree cover on the most recent comprehensive aerial photography available to the project (2), but no trace of the site could be seen on lidar imagery. (3) This feature was digitally plotted as part of the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

<1> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 3075-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13779.

<2> XX-XXX-2009, Google Earth (Aerial Photograph). SDO12705.

<3> Environment Agency, 2010, Lidar DTM (Aerial Photograph). SDO13148.

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Sep 16 2020 10:29AM