Monument record MBC45393 - A Second World War roadside ammunition dump, East Claydon.

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 Sandhill to East Claydon road and centred at SP 73536 26007, the ammunition storage area comprises eleven rectangular buildings, each about 5 x 3 metres, with long sides perpendicular to the road and laid out over 100 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).