Monument record MYO5119 - Blast Shelter, Clifton Airfield RAF Camp

Summary

Blast shelter associated with Clifton Airfield.

Location

Grid reference SE 5988 5452 (point)
Map sheet SE55SE
Unitary Authority City of York, North Yorkshire

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Full Description

Blast shelter recorded by the Pillbox Study Group associated with Clifton airfield. Shown on the 1967 1:2500 OS map

Assessed and visited February 2023 by York University student Joseph Keeley as part of Raids Over York Project. Height 140cm, width 936cm and length/depth 901cm. This shelter is mostly intact, there is minor wear most notably some missing brick caps. The shelter is heavily overgrown and inaccessible by entrance but some of the interior remains clear. The floor plan is still easily recognisable and the interior wall is mostly undamaged.

Images attached to record taken February 2023 by student Joseph Keeley (York University).

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

May 15 2023 10:04AM

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