Monument record MBC45151 - A Second World War roadside ammunition dump, Claydon Hill Farm.

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 along the SE facing side of the Steeple Claydon to Padbury road about 567 metres NW of Claydon Hill Farm and centred at SP 71463 28317, the ammunition storage area comprises six rectangular buildings, each about 5 x 3 metres, with long sides perpendicular to the road, all laid out over 73 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 the event of an explosion, whether accidental or the result of a German air raid. The munitions storage hutments are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946, but all have been demolished by 1949 (1-4).