Second World War Stanton shelter, Bradwell Bay Airfield communal dispersed site (RAF), Blackberry Grove (EHER 81622)

A Stanton shelter which is still extant, close to the North end of the belt of woods, half covered with soil and surrounded by brambles. It is part of a dispersed communal site (EHER 16519) for Bradwell Bay Airfield (EHER 16047). There may be a second extant shelter to its South.

1996. Military Airfields in Essex survey. A possible air raid shelter is extant in Blackberry Grove. <1> <2> <3> See aerial photographs <4> <5>. December 2008. World War Two Defences in Maldon survey: site visit and desktop research. A Stanton shelter is still extant close to the North end of the belt of woods, half covered with soil and surrounded by brambles. There is an entrance at the East end and inside it measures approximately 33 feet long. On an Air Ministry plan of Bradwell Bay Airfield and its Dispersed Sites, dated April 1945, two air raid shelters are shown in Blackberry Grove. It is very possible that the other Stanton shelter still survives, South of the extant structure, in the brambles and thicket. <6> <7> <8> Two photos of site. <9>