1 An arrangement of concrete pathways laid out in geometric shapes so as to be visible from the air. Each shape, or signal, had a special meaning (eg land on ...
The site of a signal square, a series of concrete shapes laid out on the ground. They were associated with the Second World War airfield to the north east of Atherstone on Stour. The signal square was designed to provide instructions to pilots flying over the airfield.
1 An underground command post (believed to be type 1108/41) with protected observation cupola for the defence of airfields primarily in the event of attack by paratroops. Presently having the ...
The site of the battle headquarters building at the Second World War airfield to the north east of Atherstone on Stour. The building, which was built underground, was used for coordinating the defence of the airfield. It was situated on the northern side of the airfield.
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.
The location SP 314 752 is given as the site of a World War 2 heavy anti aircraft artillery. When I visited the site I could find no apparent signs ...
In July 1715, the country was in a state of tumult. Riots were taking place across England and Scotland, opposing the accession of protestant King George 1st. In Birmingham, protestant ...
1 Through this lordship doth one of those Roman ways… extend…; upon which, as is apparent, hath been a Roman Fortification, and within the compass thereof divers old coynes digg’d ...
Chesterton Camp, a Roman fortification which was built around the shrunken Roman town. The site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. It is located 800m north west of Windmill Hill.
1 Rifle butts marked on 1886 map.
The site of rifle butts, a mound or mounds of earth on which targets were mounted. The butts are marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. They were situated at the south west corner of Chantry Wood Heath.
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 Magazine at Rugby cement works marked on 1886 map.
The site of a magazine, a building used for storing ammunition or army supplies. It dates back to the Imperial period and is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. The magazine was situated at Rugby Cement Works.
The Siege of Kenilworth was part of the second Barons` War and lasted from June to December 1266. The 750th anniversary will be celebrated in Kenilworth in September 2016.
Historical background
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OK message received, a five kiloton bomb has exploded over Warwickshire and it’s an airburst.
An airburst will destroy all property in a five mile radius.
Place a symbol on the operations ...
I have very hazy memories of the camp. I was born there in the early 1950s, and my parents must have moved in only a little while earlier. Mum always ...
I spent many hours on this site in the mid 1950s. The perimeter fence was intact. A deep bunker next to the command bunker covered with corrugated iron.
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.
If these cards look somehow familiar, it is because they are the same trick that you will find in many cheap Christmas crackers today – ‘The Mystery Calculator.’ These are ...
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.
This is the nuclear observation post on the slip road to the A45 at Eaves Green, decommissioned in 1991.
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.