Air Ministry Marker Posts, Bentley Priory

Discussion in 'United Kingdom' started by CL1, Apr 11, 2022 at 7:49 PM.

  1. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery Patron

    Located Bentley Priory

    thank you for all the suggestions and T for digging out the info

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    Last edited: Apr 13, 2022 at 10:20 PM
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  2. davidbfpo

    davidbfpo Patron Patron

    AM Air Ministry?
     
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  3. Osborne2

    Osborne2 Well-Known Member

    Underground services markers?
     
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  4. davidbfpo

    davidbfpo Patron Patron

    Was Bentley Priory connected to a (fuel) pipeline? It was not an airfield though.:mad::mad:
     
  5. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery Patron

    No i do not believe it was
    The posts are on the grounds of the Priory not to far from the pillbox

    just though the concrete looked WW2 composition

    thank you for your replies
     
  6. Tony56

    Tony56 Member Patron

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  7. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery Patron

    Spot on mate well done and thank you for the information

    Well done David for suggesting Air Ministry
     
  8. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery Patron

    yep spot on

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  9. Red Goblin

    Red Goblin Senior Member

    Ah but then Wikipedia claims 2 cinder airstrips + hangar c/o Uncle Sam. It humorously recalls "an Auster which he had rolled onto its back while landing." - suggesting the strip ran across the fall line and hadn't even been levelled by its cowboy builders :whistle: !

    NLS' side by side view of that offers many comparisons for us cartophiles and historians shouldn't need me to remind them of HE's official listing.- the paragraph immediately preceding the "DESCRIPTION" heading seeming most relevant here for suggesting to me conventional crowfoot was omited because the site's vendor simply 'pegged' it out before the AM got around to fencing it in to suit their own needs as its proud new owner.

    Someone else maybe worth asking is the BP nature reserve warden given that it also borders the BPOS - just follow my link for his contact details.

    Steve
     
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