Site of Second World War Dispersed Site No. 4, Debden Airfield, Thaxted Road (EHER 21527)

Now destroyed. Dispersed Site No. 4 lay on the south side of Thaxted Road, east of Debden Airfield main site. A 1946 plan lists just three buildings, a gun crew hut, store, and latrines, standing in a line a few yards from the road.

Dispersed Site No. 4 lay on the south side of Thaxted Road, east of Debden Airfield main site. A 1946 plan lists just three buildings, a gun crew hut, store, and latrines, standing in a line a few yards from the road. In addition, there is the symbol "G.P." denoting a gun post a few yards further south. March 1943 and May 1948 aerial photographs show the site clearly. The huts can be seen, as can the gun emplacement, a large, irregular shape. <1> - <3> 2013. Field survey. Visited in February 2013, the site is now rough ground and light trees in a strip alongside the road. Somewhat overgrown, there is what appears to be a large pile of broken concrete, almost certainly the remains of the huts. The gun emplacement lay in a field alongside the rough ground. On balance, given the hutting facilities, open-to-the-sky emplacement and shape of emplacement on aerial photographs, the weapon was probably a Light Anti-Aircraft Gun, possibly a Bofors. <4> Two photos of site. <5>