1 A non-symmetrical, semi-sunken, hexagonal pillbox about 13ft (4m) across. Rooofed with concrete 12 ins (300mm) thick; the side walls are 15 ins (380mm) thick. A ramp leads down to ...
The site of a Second World War pillbox used to defend the airfield to the north east of Atherstone on Stour. The pillbox is hexagonal and has a concrete roof. It is situated on the north side of the airfield.
1 Seen only from a distance appears similar to SMR 7996.
The site of a pillbox dating to the Second World War. It was built in order to defend the airfield to the north east of Atherstone on Stour. The pillbox was situated on the west side of the airfield, 400m north east of Atherstone on Stour.
1 This is a type of air raid shelter known as a ‘Blast Shelter’. It is a simple earthwork with brick retaining walls but no roof. With two entrances the ...
The site of a Second World War air raid shelter which was associated with the airfield to the north east of Atherstone on Stour. It is situated on the east side of the airfield, 800m north of Beecham Spinney.
1 Seen only from a distance; the type and condition of this air raid shelter is not known.
The site of a Second World War air raid shelter associated with the airfield to the north east of Atherstone on Stour. It was situated on the north side of the airfield.
1 Drill hall on Lancaster Road marked on 1923 map.
The site of a drill hall which was used for training military personnel towards the end of the Imperial period (between 1910 and 1914). It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1923. It was situated on Lancaster Road, Rugby.
1 Photographs taken show a round barrow group at Oakley Wood.
2 Further investigation required to prove conclusively whether complete cemetery group. Negative field walking.
3 4 well ...
The possible site of a Second World War searchlight battery. The site is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. An alternative suggestion is that the cropmark shows several Bronze Age ring ditches. The site is located 400m north east of Wiggersland Wood.
1 A Permanent Starfish site (‘Starfish’ from Special Fires). Fire based decoys were set up following the bombing of Coventry in November 1940 to protect urban areas, in this case ...
The site of a fire based bombing decoy installation from the Second World War known as a Starfish. Night time fires were created to confuse enemy aircraft and to draw them away from their real target. Documentary evidence gives this grid reference 900m SW of Hunningham.
1 World War II Anti Aircraft Battery in good state of preservation at this location.
2 1948 AP shows 4 gun emplacements, central command post and two unidentified structures. Accommodation to ...
A ruined building which was formerly a Second World War anti aircraft battery. It lies 100 metres to the south of Rouncil Lane, near Goodrest Cottages.
1 Square four-stepped base surmounted by octagonal plinth, and Latin cross. Inscription on bronze plaques on the sides of the plinth; bronze sword on the front face of the cross. ...
The war memorial, a square base surmounted by octagonal plinth, and Latin cross at Snitterfield. It is located to the south of the main village.
1 Bombing decoy type M Series, a dummy building. These decoy buildings were expensive to construct and to maintain.They drew attacks in 1940, but not subsequently. Leamington Hastings was one ...
The site of a dummy factory from the Second World War constructed to protect the Armstrong Whitworth factory at Baginton by confusing enemy aircraft and prompting them to drop bombs in the wrong place. Information is from documentary evidence.
1 Of brick and concrete construction, in good condition.
A Second World War pillbox. It is situated on the former railway embankment at the west end of the viaduct over the canal at Radford Locks.
1 World War II defence site. Concrete cylinders and bridge narrowed with insitu concrete blocks and provision made for obstruction with posts on this bridge carrying Ridgeway Lane over the ...
World War II defence site. A bridge has been narrowed with concrete cylinders and provision made for obstruction with posts. The bridge carryies Ridgeway Lane over the canal at Offchurch.
1 The site of Prisoner of War Camp identified from an aerial photograph from 1946 reproduced in an English Heritage Conservation Bulletin. The enclosed Camp can be seen in ...
The site of Ettington Park Prisoner of War Camp from the Second World War, identified from aerial photographs and from documentary evidence. It was located 500m northeast of Ettington Park.
1 An air raid shelter seen on aerial photographs to the east of the aircraft factory at Baginton Airfield was mapped as part of the English Heritage (EH) National Mapping ...
An air raid shelter can be seen on aerial photographs to the east of the aircraft factory at Baginton Airfield
1 The site of a heavy anti aircraft artillery site which was part of the Coventry Gun Defended Area, and was listed as F, title H67, being first mentioned in ...
The site of a heavy anti aircraft installation from the Second World War and identified at this grid reference from documentary evidence. It was located west of Gibbet Hill Road.
1 Large enclosure shows on AP.
2 A natural feature. However some marks in the centre would appear to have been WWII gun batteries. (Info from the farmer).
At the centre of an enclosure of unknown date are the possible remains of an anti aircraft battery dating to the Second World War. The features are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs and are situated on Frizmore Hill.
1 Stone obelisk within cemetery. Square stone plinth. Two-stepped stone base. Inscription and names in black lettering on base. Unveiled July 1920. ...
Stone obelisk war memorial to commemorate the men of Hurley and Wood End who died in both WW1 and WW2. Situated in cemetery on the right side of Heanley Lane going north from Hurley.
1 The shelter lies near the north-eastern coner of the Abbey Fields car park. The original access now brick blocked, was through the wall on the west side of ...
The site of a Second World War air raid shelter which was located on Bridge Street, Kenilworth.
1 One of five sites built to accommodate RAF personnel near Wellesbourne Mountford Airfield. The site was cleared after the war and is now woodland.
2 Airfield plan – not to ...
The site of one of five barracks used by RAF personnel at Wellesbourne Mountfield airfield during the Second World War. It is located 100m south of Wellesbourne Wood.
1 An archaeological observation for new construction works in 1995 at the Health Centre, High Street, Bedworth discovered the remains of a Second World War air raid shelter.
The remains of a Second World War Air Raid Shelter at the Health Centre, High Street Bedworth.