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Monument Number 1491244

Hob Uid: 1491244
Location :
North Somerset
Hutton
Grid Ref : ST3474659478
Summary : A Second World War anti-aircraft gun emplacement is visible as a structure and earthworks on aerial photographs. The emplacement is located to the west of Moor Lane about 160m south of Bow Bridge on the southern boundary of the former RAF Weston-super-Mare airfield. The emplacement was designed for one Bofors AA Gun as part of the airfield defences for RAF Weston-Super-Mare. The gun emplacement was demolished on aerial photographs taken in 1960.
More information : A Second World War anti-aircraft gun emplacement is visible as a structure and earthworks on aerial photographs. The emplacement is located to the west of moor lane about 160m south of Bow Bridge on the southern boundary of the former RAF Weston-super-Mare airfield and centred at ST 3474 5947. The emplacement was designed for one Bofors AA Gun as part of the airfield defences for RAF Weston-super-Mare. The gun emplacement was demolished on aerial photographs taken in 1960. (1-2)

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Source Number : 1
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Source details : NMR RAF/3G/TUD/UK/15/21 5224-5225 13-JAN-1946
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Source Number : 2
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Source details : NMR RAF/58/3905 (F42) 0196-0197 02-NOV-1960
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Monument Types:
Monument Period Name : Second World War
Display Date : Second World War
Monument End Date : 1945
Monument Start Date : 1939
Monument Type : Anti Aircraft Gun Emplacement
Evidence : Destroyed Monument

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (North Somerset)
External Cross Reference Number : 41067
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : ST 35 NW 125
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Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2006-02-01
End Date : 2009-05-01