NHER 59030 (Building record) - Packing case store, Former RAF Coltishall (Building 24)
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG22SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SCOTTOW, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
This storage building was constructed in 1960. It is a brick structure.
A. Cattermole (HES), 21 March 2013.
This building was constructed as a 40-ft machine-gun range and used for testing fighter aircraft machine guns against an angled bank of dry sand and a steel plate. At the beginning of 1942 it was altered for testing cannon, and the steel plate was removed along with the sand and shingle. In their place were seven brick walls built as brick bunkers in from of which was an earth bank. All of this has since been removed. In more recent times the building has been used to store the snow blowers used to clear the runway.
See (S1) for further information.
A. Cattermole (HES), 17 September 2013.
Associated Sources (1)
- <S1> SNF89844 Unpublished Document: Francis, P.. 2013. RAF Coltishall: A Historical Appraisal. Part 9, Technical Buildings. pp 25-26.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (1)
Record last edited
Oct 19 2017 10:17AM