Monument record MBC43597 - Little Horwood Airfield, Site No 4, Great Horwood

Summary

Little Horwood Airfield, Site No 4, Officers' Quarters

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (8)

  • ROYAL AIR FORCE CAMP (Modern - 1942 AD to 1946 AD)
  • ABLUTIONS BLOCK (Modern - 1942 AD to 1946 AD)
  • TOILET (Modern - 1942 AD to 1946 AD)
  • AIR RAID SHELTER (Modern - 1942 AD to 1946 AD)
  • SENTRY BOX (Modern - 1942 AD to 1946 AD)
  • OFFICERS QUARTERS (Modern - 1942 AD to 1946 AD)
  • LAING HUT (Modern - 1942 AD to 1946 AD)
  • SERGEANTS MESS (Modern - 1942 AD to 1946 AD)

Description

An RAF Camp of World War II date is visible on historic aerial photographs as extant buildings and was mapped as part of the North Buckinghamshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18304). Located on the both sides of Pilch Lane and centred at SP 76826 31190. Site No 4 at Little Horwood Airfield is an accommodation site for officers and sergeants with latrines, a mechanical and electrical plinth (electricity substation), a picket post (sentry box) and ablutions block. All buildings are Laing Huts apart from the latrines and picket post which are timber buildings. The site appears to be in use as an equine establishment on modern aerial photographs and no sign of the buildings is visible on the north of the Lane but those to the south (the ablutions buildings) appear to remain; lidar visualisation shows the footprint of some buildings are still visible in places. Full information of what was on site is available on the RAF plan. (1-4)

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC25729 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/2097 RP 3127 28-May-1947.
  • <2>SBC25593 Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. Google Earth Pro. EARTH.GOOGLE.COM Dec-2003 date accessed 12-Feb-2022.
  • <3>SBC25596 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2022. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SP7631 2019-Sep-14 date accessed 25-Feb-2020.
  • <4>SBC25730 Digital archive: Royal Air Force Museum. Unknown. Royal Air Force Museum: Site Plans. date accessed 04-Dec-2020.

Location

Grid reference SP 7682 3119 (point)
Civil Parish GREAT HORWOOD, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: Aerial investigation and mapping project (Ref: 7768) (EBC18304)

Record last edited

Jan 12 2024 7:21PM

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