Monument record MYO4491 - Site of a World War II airfield picket guard post

Summary

Site of a World War II airfield picket guard post. Constructed between 1939 and 1945 but is currently in a poor condition. It was located at the Old Communal Site, RAF Acaster Malbis.

Location

Grid reference SE 5788 4413 (point)
Map sheet SE54SE
Civil Parish Acaster Malbis, City of York, North Yorkshire
Unitary Authority City of York, North Yorkshire

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Full Description

NMR Information:

DoB Non Anti Invasion Database UID 5432

A World War II airfield picket guard post, SRF. Constructed between 1939 and 1945 but is currently in a poor condition. It is located close to RAF Acaster Malbis. (1)

1 Migrated Defence of Britain Project database record originally compiled from various sources. The two databases developed by the Project can be searched on-line through the Archaeology Data Service at http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/specColl/dob/index.cfm

Related event: (UID 1444724) THE DEFENCE OF BRITAIN PROJECT Measured Survey APR-1995 - MAR-2002 Council for British Archaeology.

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jul 31 2019 4:09PM

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