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Monument details
HER Number: | TR 13 NW 75 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Air Raid Shelters, Lympne Airfield |
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Summary
Eight semi-buried air raid shelters of concrete construction consisting of a single long rectangular chamber mounded over with earth, having a surrounding drainage gully. They were entered at one end via a flight of steps with two toilets at the other end next to a vertical exit shaft on the wall of which a steel rung ladder is attached. Several of the shelters display a vertical tubular vent pipe at their exits. One of the shelters along Otterpool Lane has collapsed. Nine shelters were reported during the 1999 survey, although only eight are visible from the 1999 aerial photographs. Only three are shown on a site plan dating from 1945.
Grid Reference: | TR 10889 35503 |
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Map Sheet: | TR13NW |
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Parish: | LYMPNE, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Eight semi-buried air raid shelters of concrete construction consisting of a single long rectangular chamber mounded over with earth, having a surrounding drainage gully. They were entered at one end via a flight of steps with two toilets at the other end next to a vertical exit shaft on the wall of which a steel rung ladder is attached. Several of the shelters display a vertical tubular vent pipe at their exits. One of the shelters along Otterpool Lane has collapsed. Nine shelters were reported during the 1999 survey, although only eight are visible from the 1999 aerial photographs. Only three are shown on a site plan dating from 1945. None seem to have survived on the main part of the airfield. (1-3)
<1> Ashword, Chris, 1985/1990, Action Stations 9: Military Airfields of the Central South & South East (Monograph). SKE8330.
<2> Victor Smith and Andrew Saunders, 2001, Kent's Defence Heritage (Unpublished document). SKE6956.
<3> Ministry of Defence (RAF), 1946, Photograph, 106G/UK/1449/3342 (Photograph (Print)). SKE8331.
Sources and further reading
Cross-ref.
| Source description | <1> | Monograph: Ashword, Chris. 1985/1990. Action Stations 9: Military Airfields of the Central South & South East. |
<2> | Unpublished document: Victor Smith and Andrew Saunders. 2001. Kent's Defence Heritage. |
<3> | Photograph (Print): Ministry of Defence (RAF). 1946. Photograph. 106G/UK/1449/3342. Black and white. 106G/UK/1449/3342. |
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