Type

Monument

Title / Name

WWII Seagull Trench, South East Corner of Kemble Airfield

Summary

A type of pillbox known as a seagull trench, comprises a chevron shaped building which measures c. 6 metres long and c. 2 metres wide. This seagull trench is located against the modern hedgeline c. 75 metres to the north of the E-W runway.

SEAGULL TRENCH; PILLBOX, Second World War (1939 to 1945)

Source Detail: Council for British Archaeology, 1995-2001

Title: Defence of Britain Database - https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/dob/index.cfm

Summary: The Defence of Britain Project databases were created from field and documentary work carried out between April 1995 and December 2001. Source ID: SWI26098

Description: A seagull trench noted on the Defence of Britain Database at ST 965 962, is thought to have formed part of the World War Two Defences of RAF Kemble. The trench is allegedly in Kemble civil parish, Gloucestershire (sic). It is located between the runway and the A429 road, covering the runway. It is thought to have been built between 1940 and 1944, and was said to be extant and in good condition in 1996.

Source Detail: Janick, J. + Dickson, A. + Priest, R., 2011

Title: An Archaeological Aerial Survey in the Cotswold Hills: A Report for the National Mapping Programme

Summary: Air Photograph Interpretation Source ID: SWI26267

Additional Information: English Heritage

Description: This site has been mapped from aerial photographs as part of the Cotswold Hills National Mapping Programme

Source Detail: Historic England, Various

Title: National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE) Entry

Summary: Data held by the NRHE database. The data is made available and licenced under the Open Government Licence version 3. Source ID: SWI29488

Description: A caveat to Source 1: if the national grid reference is correct , the trench lies in Crudwell civil parish, North Wiltshire, not Kemble, Gloucestershire. (The area of the aerodrome is split ibetween three civil parishes). The trench is one of three in the area. - Compiler's comment

Source Detail: English Heritage,

Title: NMR Aerial Photographs (master)

Summary: No summary information. Source ID: SWI9475

Description: A type of pillbox known as a seagull trench is visible as a building on aerial photographs. The site is centred on ST 9658 9628, and comprises a chevron shaped building which measures circa 6 metres long and circa 2 metres wide. This seagull trench is located against the modern hedgeline circa 75 metres to the north of the East-West runway. This site is part of the defences of Kemble Airfield (1400618).