Due to being on a detour from a road closure, I came across this building today. Does anyone know if it's RAF (or even military)? And what was it used for?
OS Y (Northings) 224733
Nearest Post Code OX27 0BT
Lat (WGS84) N51:55:01 (51.917009)
Long (WGS84) W1:00:58 (-1.016029)
Lat,Long 51.917009,-1.016029
Nat Grid SP677247 / SP6777324733
mX -113103
mY 6751478
Mapcode GBR 9YN.MYL
The two holes remind me of a decoy building, possibly a decoy for RAF Bicester?
The site slightly further west had a long building and a shorter one inside a fenced compound so may have been related. From the post war 1950s mapping it looks like they were drawn over the pre-war maps, indicating a wartime addition.
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The two holes remind me of a decoy building, possibly a decoy for RAF Bicester?
The site slightly further west had a long building and a shorter one inside a fenced compound so may have been related. From the post war 1950s mapping it looks like they were drawn over the pre-war maps, indicating a wartime addition.
Decoy for Bicester was Grendon Underwood?
But you’re right it does look somewhat decoy like, though not like anything I can recall.
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