The monument, which falls into ten separate areas of protection, includes parts of the former World War II airfield known as RAF Cark (built 1941). The largest protected area lies on the south east part of the airfield and consists of a group of dispersed fighter pens each intended to house two aircraft, together with upstanding structures that include crew sleeping shelters and transformer plinths for electrical supply, and the concrete bases of flight offices and blister hangars. Elsewhere, largely scattered around the perimeter of the airfield, are the upstanding remains of a number of pillboxes, an anti-aircraft gun platform, a battle headquarters building from where defence of the airfield could be coordinated, an air raid shelter, and an early watch office. Cark airfield lies on a flat tongue of land immediately north of Morecambe Bay and is flanked by marshes on its south west and south east sides. See https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1020988
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