Monument record MLI85610 - RAF Kirmington Ancillary Buildings, Brocklesby
Summary
Ancillary buildings forming part of RAF Kirmington.
[Only a small part of this site is within the Lincolnshire County Council administrative area.]
Type and Period (4)
- AIRFIELD (Second World War - 1942 AD to 1945 AD)
- AIR RAID SHELTER (Second World War - 1942 AD to 1945 AD)
- NISSEN HUT (Second World War - 1942 AD to 1945 AD)
- MILITARY AIRFIELD (Second World War - 1942 AD to 1945 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
(N.B. The majority of Kirmington Airport lies outside of the county boundary, within the North Lincolnshire Unitary Authority. However, a small part of the original RAF base lies within the Brocklesby Park Estate).
RAF Kirmington was established in 1942 as a heavy bomber station in No.1 Group, home to 166 squadron. Operations ceased in at the end of the war and the airfield fell into disrepair. The airfield reopened in the 1970s as Lincolnshire (Kirmington) Airport. {1}
An archaeological survey was undertaken on lands forming part of the Brocklesby Estate, comprising field observation and rapid fieldwalking (on a non-collecting basis) and a desk-top assessment. This was done to appraise the archaeological resource of the estate as part of a wider Heritage Landscape Management Plan. RAF Kirmington was a dispersed airfield, with a number of camps around Kirmington village and on the edge of Brocklesby Park. Three dispersed camps occur within the survey area, although only one of these falls within the county boundary (at c.TA 1155 1080). The remains represent ten buildings, with conditions ranging from concrete platforms to complete underground Stanton type shelters. {2}
Sources/Archives (2)
- <1> SLI7228 Bibliographic Reference: Otter, P. 1996. Lincolnshire Airfields in the Second World War. pp.151-9.
- <2> SLI9007 Report: Archaeological Project Services. 1999. Archaeological and Historical Survey of Parts of the Brocklesby Estate. CGL98.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred TA 1139 1118 (816m by 1295m) Estimated from sources |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BROCKLESBY, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 4 2022 9:32AM
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