Monument record MBC45153 - A Second World War roadside ammunition dump, Adstock Manor Stud.

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 N facing side of the Padbury to Adstock road about 380 metres SE of Adstock Manor Stud and centred at SP 73903 29657, the ammunition storage area comprises ten rectangular buildings, each about 5 x 3 metres, sited in 5 pairs with long sides perpendicular to the road, each pair separated by about 8-9 metres and all laid out over 74 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 1948 (1-4).