Blast Pen 06

Blast Pen 6 from an Aerial Photograph of the Airfield from May 1947

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Blast Pen 6 from an Aerial Photograph of the Airfield from April 2020

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Blast Pen 6 Aerial from July 1980.

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Blast Pen 6 Front from August 2020.

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Blast Pen 6 Front from January 2021.

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Blast Pen 6 Rear from October 2018.

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Blast Pen 6 Left-Hand Doorway from January 2021.

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Blast Pen 6 Right-Hand Doorway from January 2021.

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Blast Pen 6 Rear Doorway from January 2021.

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Blast Pen 6 Left-Hand Arm during archaeological excavation in July 2018.

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Pen 6 is the second most easterly of the pens on the northern side of the airfield and faces south.
Today, the pen is complete apart from the front brick walls of each arm and the entire centre wall section.
The pen is of the larger type found at Kenley, the original two bays would have been approximately 18.5m x 23.5m each.
The front doorways have been bricked up and a large steel door secures the rear doorway.
The front doorways have two-element lintels. The rear doorway has a three-element lintel.
The rear retaining wall is of brick construction.
The interior shelter is of unknown construction.
The front wall of the now missing centre section had a buttress added for strength.
Each bay has a soakaway drain situated in the interior corner where the side wall meets the rear. A drainage channel of 0.25m width runs the length of the side wall and leads into the drain.