| Located in Morkery woods, East of the A1 about 13 miles South of Grantham and just South of RAF North Witham airfield. RAF South Witham, which like its northern namesake was named after the village to the West, was a munitions dump which supplied all the neighbouring airfields with bombs and ammunition.
The site opened in 1942 and remained active post war up until 1956, closing around the same time as North Witham. Today the area is run by the forestry commission and is open to the public. However, all that remains to indicate the sites former use are the concrete tracks that honeycomb the forest and a few hut bases. |
Morkery Wood, the location of the old bomb dump. 700x525 |
Former main entrance way to the bomb stores. 700x525 |
Former picket hut or fusing shed near entrance gate. 700x525 |
Concrete roads around the old bomb stores. 700x525 |
Roads around the bomb stores (Jay in background). 700x525 |
Road around the old stores. 700x525 |
This is either a hut base or the foundations of a bomb loading ramp. 700x525 |
Remains of a hut base. 700x525 |
Remains of another hut base. 700x525 |
Yet MORE hut foundations. 700x525 |
Not related to the bomb stores, but apparently this object in the woods is an ordnance survey marker. 700x525 |
I am reliably informed this is an old fire pool. 700x525 |
