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Monument details

HER Number:TR 25 NW 149
Type of record:Monument
Name:Berkesbourne Aerodrome

Summary

Aircraft hangar, built 1917-18 for Bekesbourne Aerodrome. Brick-built, standard steel sliding doors, timber 'bow-string' truss. Approx 60'0 x 120'0. Roof was partly replaced after damage caused by 1987 hurricane. Corrugated iron roof sheets now missing.

Grid Reference:TR 2012 5537
Map Sheet:TR25NW
Parish:BEKESBOURNE-WITH-PATRIXBOURNE, CANTERBURY, KENT

Monument Types

  • AIRFIELD (Modern - 1914 AD? to 1919 AD? (between))
  • AIRCRAFT HANGAR (Demolished 1996?, Modern - 1917 AD? to 1996 AD? (between))

Full description

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Aircraft hangar, built 1917-18 for Bekesbourne Aerodrome. Brick-built, standard steel sliding doors, timber 'bow-string' truss. Approx 60'0 x 120'0. Roof was partly replaced after damage caused by 1987 hurricane. Corrugated iron roof sheets now missing. In fair condition. (1)


Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1997, An archaeological evaluation at East Kent Packers Depot, Aerodrome Road, Bekesbourne (Unpublished document). SKE8320.

Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1997, An archaeological evaluation at East Kent Packers Depot, Aerodrome Road, Bekesbourne (Unpublished document). Ske8320.

<1> CBA Defence of Britain Project, 1994, Defence of Britain Site Report, David G. Collyer, Kent Aviation Historical Research Society (Bibliographic reference). SKE6447.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
---Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 1997. An archaeological evaluation at East Kent Packers Depot, Aerodrome Road, Bekesbourne.
<1>Bibliographic reference: CBA Defence of Britain Project. 1994. Defence of Britain Site Report. David G. Collyer, Kent Aviation Historical Research Society.

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