Formerly RAF Bampton Castle
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Formerly RAF Bampton Castle
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp Taken: 5 May 2016
Wikipedia says "RAF Bampton Castle is a former non-flying Royal Air Force station in Oxfordshire. It was the home of No. 2 and No. 81 Signal Units, which dealt with High Frequency radio communications. The site is now a business centre and all of the antennas have been removed." That last bit's not strictly true because I can see one in this picture, and there's another over the back out of shot, but compared with the dozens shown on older maps there's not a lot here any more. As for Bampton Castle, there was a small castle about 1km north of here which was mostly demolished in 1789, with some remains being incorporated into Ham Court, a manor house still standing on the west side of Bampton. The name was used for the RAF station to avoid confusion as there are several other Bamptons in the country.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.713068
Longitude
-1.546923