Morkery Wood, Castle Bytham, Lincolnshire LE15 7RW

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Brief description

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/woods/kesteven-forest-morkery-wood/

"Size: 166.98 ha (412.61 acres)

Grid reference: SK953186

A former RAF base, Morkery Wood has some interesting remnants of the past. It's also a beautiful wood with deer, squirrels and fungi to spot."

https://heritage-explorer.lincolnshire.gov.uk/Monument/MLI82365

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Bytham

"Morkery Wood housed a former bomb dump during the Second World War for the nearby airfields. In the early hours of 19 November 1942 Handley Page Halifax BB209 NP-G[7] of 158 Sqn, from RAF Rufforth in North Yorkshire, crashed near Stocken Hall Farm (in the wood). It had been hit by flak south-east of Paris coming back from a raid on Turin, Italy.[8] Half the aircrew were in the RCAF."

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Morkery Wood, Castle Bytham, Lincolnshire  LE15 7RW

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https://www.thebythams.org.uk/people-places-history/places/morkery-wood/

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