1. Maxstoke bombing decoy site in the Q programme for Birmingham.
Lighting decoys were a cheap and effective method of confusing the enemy and their deployment dates from July ...
A bombing decoy site from the Second World War designed to confuse the enemy into dropping their bombs in the wrong place. Documentary evidence places it 800m east of Maxstoke.
1 Kingsbury bombing decoy site which was part of the QL and QF programmes for Birmingham. The QL site was set up to simulate the lights of a marshalling ...
A lighting and fire bombing decoy site from the Second World War designed to confuse the enemy into dropping their bombs in the wrong place. Documentary evidence places it 600m southwest of Kingsbury Wood.
1 A photographic record was made of the Nissen hut, which was possibly associated with the former WWII airfield, RAF Warwick. The Nissen hut was 8m long and 5m ...
Nissen Hut possibly associated with the former WWII airfield, RAF Warwick. The site is located at Old Tree Nursery, Stratford Road, Longbridge
1 The site of a pillbox dating from the Second World War.
The site of a pillbox, a structure with thick loopholed walls and flat roof, designed to house a variety of weapons and placed to cover a vulnerable point, dating from the Second World War.
1 A watching brief visit was carried out following the uncovering of an air raid shelter during groundworks. The remains of six concrete shelters were revealed in a line parallel ...
Six concrete air raid shelters located at the Stockingford Nurery School, St. Paul's Road, Nuneaton.
1 War memorial erected in 1920.
DESCRIPTION: The memorial comprises a stone cross with a sword in relief, on a slender, tapering octagonal shaft which stands on a square plinth with ...
The War Memorial on the High Street in Ryton on Dunsmore, erected circa 1920.
2 A group of 3-4 ring ditches show on aerial photographs.
3 These look very like other anti-aircraft guns/spot-light batteries in the county.
4 In 1974 RGL found Post Medieval and Imperial ...
Several ring ditches are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. They may represent the remains of a Second World War anti aircraft battery or a searchlight battery. The site lies 1km east of Barnacle.
1 AP.
2 Small undated oval enclosures (?ring ditches) show on aerial photographs.
3 Possible group of three ring ditches. However, could also be the remains of a WW2 anti-aircraft battery!
4 Mapping ...
The site of several enclosures of unknown date that are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. Alternatively, the cropmarks might be ring ditches or a Second World War anti aircraft battery. They are situated 200m north of London Road.
1 Four ring ditches, one large and three small. The three small examples are grouped in a triangular form. The ring ditches appear to overlie ridge and furrow.
2 Morphologically this ...
Approximately 500m west of Little Kineton are four ring ditches that are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. They appear to lie over the Medieval ridge and furrow. The ring ditches are similar in appearance to the World War II searchlight battery at Snowford Hill.
2 Group of ring ditches and a small rectangular enclosure show on aerial photographs. The site is probably that of a Second World War searchlight battery or anti aircraft battery ...
A group of ring ditches and a small enclosure are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. The features probably represent the remains of a Second World War searchlight battery or anti aircraft battery. It is situated 500m north west of Copt Green.
1 A gas pipeline was scheduled to cut a 24m swathe through a ‘triple ring ditch and henge monument’ at the above grid reference.
2 Excavation proved the features to be ...
The site of a Second World War searchlight battery. It was discovered during the excavation of a pipeline. It was situated 1km north west of Wellesbourne Wood, near Loxley.
1The battle headquarters at Baginton is situated on the crest of a hill overlooking the River Sowe. It can be positively identified as a Battle HQ by its distinctive shaped ...
The battle headquarters, an underground office for the direction of airfield defence, survives at Baginton as a distinctive shaped concrete roof to a projecting observation post. It dates to WW2.
1 Concrete ‘dragon’s teeth’ anti-tank blocks in Leather Mill Lane, on the banks of the River Anker. 17 blocks, arranged in 5 rows. All blocks appear to be in their ...
Concrete 'dragon's teeth' anti-tank blocks in Leather Mill Lane, on the banks of the River Anker. 17 blocks, arranged in 5 rows. All blocks appear to be in their original positons.
1 A series of anti tank bollards seen in the northern boundary wall of Devitts Green Farm.
The remains of a Second World War anti tank block (cylinder type?). They are situated in the wall surrounding the north side of Devitts Green Farm with Woodside Road.
1 2 3 Vehicles or covered dumps of material are evident on aerial photographs taken in March 1944 by the US Air Force. There were about 300 individual ...
Vehicles or covered dumps of material are evident on aerial photographs taken in March 1944 by the US Air Force.
1 Bomb craters evident between Old Hare Covert and the River Avon on aerial photographs mapped as part of English Heritage (EH) National Mapping Project (NMP) Presumably these features are ...
Bomb craters are evident as earth works between Old Hare Covert and the River Avon on aerial photographs
1 Three bomb craters are evident as earthworks between railway and the River Avon to the north of Wolston Fields Farm on aerial photographs mapped as part of English ...
Three bomb craters are evident as earthworks between railway and the river Avon to the north of Wolston Fields Farm on aerial photographs
1 A defence position, apparent on aerial photographs to the east of Baginton Air Field, was mapped as part of the English Heritage (EH) National Mapping Project (NMP). ...
A defence position is apparent on aerial photographs to the east of Baginton Air Field.
1 To the east of the WW2 airfield and aeroplane factory a group of huts visible on aerial photographs were mapped as part of the English Heritage ...
To the east of the WW2 airfield and aeroplane factory a group of huts are visible on aerial photographs.
1 A Barrage Balloon and its ancillary equipment, winch and accomodation hut, can be seen on aerial photographs mapped as part of the English Heritage (EH) National Mapping ...
A Barrage Balloon and its ancillary equipment can be seen on aerial photographs
1 Airfield defence structures seen on aerial Photographs at Baginton Airfield mapped as part of the English Heritage (EH) National Mapping Project (NMP). The structures are located ...
Airfield defence structures can be seen on aerial Photographs at Baginton Airfield
1 Bomb craters to the east of Ryton on Dunsmore are evident on aerial photographs mapped as part of the English Heritage National Mapping Project.
Bomb craters to the east of Ryton on Dunsmore are evident on aerial photographs
1 The remains of a searchlight battery complete with ancillary buildings which can be seen on aerial photographs were mapped as part of the English Heritage National Mapping Project. ...
The remains of a searchlight battery complete with ancillary buildings can be seen on aerial photographs
1 Two groups of concrete blocks and a rectangular hollow can be seen on aerial photographs. The blocks were used to tether a barrage balloon. The hollow was formed ...
Two groups of concrete blocks and a rectangular hollow can be seen on aerial photographs. The blocks were used to tether a barrage balloon and the hollow was formed by its associated winch vehicle.