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Monument Number 1491242
Hob Uid: 1491242
Location : North Somerset Weston-Super-Mare
Grid Ref : ST3471859675
Summary : A Second World War Bessonneau Aircraft Hangar is visible as an extant building on aerial photographs. The hangar is located to the east of Moor Land adjacent to Bow Bridge on the southern boundary of the former RAF Weston super mare airfield. The hangar measures 22m in length and 13m in width. There is only one entrance to the north east side. The hangar appears to have been enlarged from a 3 bay hanger to a 6 bay hangar between 1954 and 1960. The hangar appears to have been in use on aerial photographs in 1989 but was subsequently demolished before 2006. Ruined parts of the hangar structure are still visible on the ground.
More information : A possible Second World War Bessonneau Aircraft Hangar is visible as an extant building on aerial photographs and has been mapped as part of the Mendip AONB NMP aerial survey. The hangar is located to the east of Moor Land adjacent to Bow Bridge on the southern boundary of the former RAF Weston super mare airfield and centred at 3471 5968. The hangar measures circa 22m in width and circa 13m in length. There is only one entrance to the north east side. The hangar appears to have been enlarged from a 3 bay hanger to a 6 bay hangar between 1954 and 1960. The hangar appears to have been in use on aerial photographs in 1989 but was subsequently demolished before 2006. Ruined parts of the hangar structure are still visible on the ground. (1-5)

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Source Number : 1
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Source details : NMR RAF/3G/TUD/UK/15/51 5254-5255 13-JAN-1946
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Source Number : 2
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Source details : Richard Drew 2002. Atlantik Wall, RAF Weston Super Mare http://www.atlantikwall.co.uk/atlantikwall/atlantikwall_html/001_atlantikwall_site/home.html [Accessed 18-FEB-2009]
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : NMR RAF/58/3905 (F42) 0196-0197 02-NOV-1960
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : OS/89071 331-332 08-APR-1989
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : Google Earth Imagery, June 2006. http://earth.google.co.uk/ [Accessed 18-FEB-2009]
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : 20th Century
Display Date : 20th Century
Monument End Date : 2000
Monument Start Date : 1901
Monument Type : Bessonneau Aircraft Hangar
Evidence : Demolished Building

Monument Period Name : Second World War
Display Date : Second World War
Monument End Date : 1945
Monument Start Date : 1939
Monument Type : Bessonneau Aircraft Hangar
Evidence : Demolished Building

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (North Somerset)
External Cross Reference Number : 10814
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : ST 35 NW 124
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Relationship type : General association

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Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2006-02-01
End Date : 2009-05-01

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 1491242