Monument record 0620101000 - WING AIRFIELD: searchlight battery

Summary

A single ring ditch visible in aerial photographs on the edge of the airfield, possibly the site of a WW2 searchlight battery.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Ring ditch cropmark at Wing airfield, possibly a WWII searchlight site (DBC8595)

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Type and Period (2)

  • SEARCHLIGHT BATTERY? (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
  • RING DITCH? (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC? to 701 BC?)

Description

Plan Form - IRREGULAR
SINGLE RING ON EDGE OF FORMER WING AIRFIELD. ?SEARCHLIGHT BATTERY OR RING DITCH (B1).

Sources (2)

  • ---SBC18156 Aerial Photograph: 17/07/96. MEF BCM A25/25/18-19. SP\851231. Yes.
  • <1>SBC15004 Verbal communication: Mike Farley to Julia Wise Information from AP by Mike Farley.

Location

Grid reference SP 85120 23035 (point)
Civil Parish WING, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC14075)

Record last edited

Feb 2 2018 1:09PM

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