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Track providing access to farmland on what was during WWII RAF Southrop, it was a relief landing ground and by November 1947 the site had been returned to agriculture.

This section is from Hatherop to Lechlade, part of the ancient route bringing salt from Cheshire to London. Link

There were two single Norcon pillboxes on the SW site of the WW2 airfield; these are the remnants of the one which was situated to the north of the enclosure. Another was situated to the NE of the airfield in Horseshoe Wood, see SP1803 : Norcon pillbox, former RAF Southrop, Horseshoe Wood.

- Pillbox (Double Norcon) EDoB ID: e11502 A glimpse inside showing the twin Norcon pillboxes each with its own outer entrance doorway, as well as entrance apertures within. SP1703 : WWII Gloucestershire: RAF Southrop - Airfield Sub Site No. 1 - Double Norcon Pillbox (4)

This view is about a mile further on from SP1602 : Romany caravan, where the horses graze in a circle around the post to which they are tied. The width of the verges must be the main draw to the Romany folk hereabout.

Now guarding sheep this pillbox once looked out over RAF Southrop - one of a number of relief landing grounds in this area used by flying training establishments. Land for RAF Southrop was acquired early in 1940 but it had returned to its... (more)

Farhill Lane near Hatherop.

This was the site of RAF Southrop, a WW2 airfield which closed immediately after the war in 1945. Derelict remains of buildings and defences are still on the site and can be seen in other pictures for this square, for example SP1703 : Interior of enclosure, SW site, former RAF Southrop... (more)

From a crossroads on the Lechlade - Hatherop road.

Sheep pasture now but between 1940 and 1947 this was a relief landing ground known as RAF Southrop used by Oxford and Harvard training aircraft. Records indicate that this large flat area east of Cirencester proved an ideal grass landing strip.