Monument record MBC44783 - A Second World War roadside ammunition dump, Stowe Avenue.

A Second World War roadside ammunition dump is visible on historic aerial photographs and was mapped as part of the North Buckinghamshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18304). Located on the south-west facing side of Stowe Avenue and centred at SP 68998 34477, the ammunition storage area comprises 12 rectangular buildings about 5 x 3 metres, most spaced 7-9 metres apart and all with long sides parallel with the road, laid out over 128 metres. These portable corrugated iron shelters, or hutments, were usually camouflaged and covered stacks of artillery or small arms ammunition. Roadside storage not only made the ammunition easily accessible but dispersed the risk of a large loss of munitions in one event as a result of a German air raid. The munitions storage hutments are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946, but all features have been demolished by 1961 (1-4).