Type

Monument

Title / Name

Stonehenge Aerodrome

Summary

A WWI aerodrome.

AIRFIELD, Early 20th Century to C21 (1901 to 2050)

Source Detail: RCHME, 1979

Title: Stonehenge and its Environs: Monuments and Land Use - Master

Summary: Publication Source ID: SWI17325

Additional Information: Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press

Description: SU 1174 4188. Traces of an aerodrome about 500 meters to the south west of Stonehenge, constructed in the early twentieth century. An extensive complex of buildings and roadways can be seen on aerial photographs of the early 1920s, while photographs taken in 1934 show that the base had been dismantled by that date. Aerial photographs of 1943 show a regular pattern of earthwork remains at the site, covering an area of about 25 hectares. Traces of the site can still be seen as cropmarks on recent aerial photographs (2001), and have been mapped by EH's Stonehenge WHS Mapping Project.

Source Detail: Priddle, R., 2003

Title: Wings Over Wiltshire: An Aeronautical History of Wiltshire

Summary: Publication Source ID: SWI22354

Description: A First World War aerodrome constructed in 1917. The main Technical site was located on the north side of the A303, and the domestic site was on the south side of the road and provided messing accommodation for officers and ratings. The grass land ground was between the Technical site and the A344 road to Shrewton. The Technical site was equipped with 6 coupled GS Aeroplane Sheds, Aeroplane Repair Shed and MT Sheds, workshops and numerous stores, huts and offices. The Domestic Site consisted of an Officers' Mess and Quarters, Sergeants' Mess, barrack rooms and other service buildings. The site closed in January 1921 and the Domestic site became the Stonehenge Pedigree Stock Farm for approximately 10 years. The Technical site was demolished in 1929.

Source Detail: Bishop, S., 2011

Title: Stonehenge World Heritage Site Landscape Project. Level I Field Investigations

Summary: Archaeological survey report Source ID: SWI25929

Additional Information: English Heritage

Source Detail: Pearson, T. + Field, D., 2011

Title: Stonehenge World Heritage Site Landscape Project: Stonehenge Down and the Triangle

Summary: Survey Source ID: SWI26040

Additional Information: English Heritage

Source Detail: Delve, K., 2006

Title: The Military Airfields of Britain. South Western England: Channel islands, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire

Summary: No summary information. Source ID: SWI26250

Description: A 360 acre site laid out in 1917 by the RFC. The technical area included six paired GS sheds, numerous huts, workshops, Bessonneau hangars and two Handley Page sheds (to undertake Handley Page bomber training). There was also a spur line that connected to the site Larkhill military railway. A separate domestic part of the site included messes and barracks and there was another domestic site at the north end of the airfield for the Handley Page night crews. The main role of the base was to house two training units for day and night time bombing. Training continued on the site until September 1919 when the training school moved to Andover. In March 1920 the School of Army Co- operation formed here and stayed until January 1921 when the airfield closed permanently and began to be dismantled. For a full description of the training units and the aircraft used please refer to the source.

Source Detail: English Heritage,

Title: PastScape

Summary: No summary information. Source ID: SWI26397

Description: A First World War military airfield, built in 1917 and closed in 1921. It was used by units of the Royal Navy Air Service and the Royal Air Force as a training base for day and night bombing. Training continued at Stonehenge until 1919 and in 1920 the site was briefly opened again by the School of Army Co-operation until 1921. During 1944 the airfield may have been briefly used by aircraft attached to the American 29th Infantry division, but this is uncertain. The First World War airfield was constructed to the south-west of Stonehenge. The extensive 320 acre site was made up of a complex of buildings and roads that can be seen on aerial photographs of the early 1920s. The site was split into a Technical area and a Domestic area. The Technical area contained six coupled General Service (GS) Aeroplane sheds, General Repair Sheds, numerous huts for workshops, Bessonneau hangars, two Handley Page aircraft sheds as well as fuel storage tanks. The Domestic area was used to house the off duty air crews and consisted of various messes and a large barracks area of tents and huts. Photographs taken in 1934 show that the complex was dismantled by that date, and on photographs taken in 1943 the aerodrome is only visible as earthwork remains. Traces of the site can still be seen as earthworks and as cropmarks.

Source Detail: English Heritage, 2004

Title: Stonehenge World Heritage Site Mapping Project

Summary: Management report Source ID: SWI26929

Additional Information: English Heritage

Source Detail: Barber, M., 2014

Title: Stonehenge World Heritage Site Landscape Project: Stonehenge Aerodrome and the Stonehenge Landscape

Summary: Research Source ID: SWI27009

Additional Information: English Heritage

Source Detail: Clarke, R., 2018

Title: Wiltshire's World War I Aircraft Landscape: a focus on the landscape of aircraft training

Summary: Research Source ID: SWI28338

Additional Information: The Wiltshire Archaeological And Natural History Magazine 111 pp.21-38

Description: The few mentions of the origins of Stonehenge Aerodrome make it difficult to establish its construction date: 1917 has been proposed. The main aerodrome stood either side of the road now known as the A303.

Source Detail: Barber, M., 2011

Title: Flying, pigs and Stonehenge

Summary: Article on the appearance and disappearance of Stonehenge Aerodrome Source ID: SWI30684

Additional Information: English Heritage Research Newsletter 16 p.22-25

Source Detail: English Heritage,

Title: NMR Aerial Photographs (MASTER)

Summary: No summary information. Source ID: SWI9475

Source Detail: English Heritage,

Title: NMR Aerial Photographs (MASTER)

Summary: No summary information. Source ID: SWI9475

Source Detail: English Heritage,

Title: NMR Aerial Photographs (MASTER)

Summary: No summary information. Source ID: SWI9475

Source Detail: English Heritage,

Title: NMR Aerial Photographs (MASTER)

Summary: No summary information. Source ID: SWI9475

Source Detail: English Heritage,

Title: NMR Aerial Photographs (MASTER)

Summary: No summary information. Source ID: SWI9475

Source Detail: English Heritage,

Title: NMR Aerial Photographs (MASTER)

Summary: No summary information. Source ID: SWI9475

Source Detail: English Heritage,

Title: NMR Aerial Photographs (MASTER)

Summary: No summary information. Source ID: SWI9475