NPRN413171
Map ReferenceSN00SE
Grid ReferenceSN0529702991
Unitary (Local) AuthorityPembrokeshire
Old CountyPembrokeshire
CommunityCarew
Type Of SiteCONTROL TOWER
Period20th Century
DescriptionThe Carew Cheriton Control Tower, part of Carew Cheriton Airfield (NPRN 309962), was built in the early 1940s following award of the contract to 'Heaps' building firm in 1941. The control tower was built to a local, non-standard, design, to replace the original watch office which stood 50 metres west of the present building. The building is of single storey construction with an observation room on the roof, a bay window in the southern elevation and an earth blast mound surrounding the building for protection. The Carew Cheriton Control Tower Group was formed in the spring of 2000 and have restored the previously ruinous structure to its original condition.
Recorded during RCAHMW aerial reconnaissance on 11th June 2010 following restoration.
Information from the Control Group website.
T. Driver, RCAHMW, February 2011.