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Monument Number 1491250
Hob Uid: 1491250
Location : North Somerset Weston-Super-Mare
Grid Ref : ST3430659570
Summary : A Second World War blast shelter is visible as a structure and earthwork on aerial photographs. The shelter is located within the former RAF Weston-super-Mare airfield to the north of the Cross Rhyne. The square shelter had one entrance to the east side and was surrounded by earth on all sides. The shelter was subsequently demolished by 1960.
More information : A Second World War blast shelter is visible as a structure and earthwork on aerial photographs and has been mapped as part of the Mendip AONB NMP aerial survey. The shelter is located within the former RAF Weston-super-Mare airfield to the north of the Cross Rhyne and centred at 3430 5956. The square shelter had one entrance to the east side and was surrounded by earth on all sides. The shelter was subsequently demolished as 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 5254-5255 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 Period Name : Second World War
Display Date : Second World War
Monument End Date : 1945
Monument Start Date : 1939
Monument Type : Blast Shelter
Evidence : Destroyed Monument

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : ST 35 NW 129
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Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2006-02-01
End Date : 2009-05-01

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 1491250