Monument record 4123 - Royal Ordnance Factory at Capenhurst

<1> CBA, 2002, Defence of Britain Project, 4045 (Digital Archive). SCH4380.

World War 2 to Modern Royal Ordnance Factory at Capenhurst.

<2> W D Cocroft, 2000, Dangerous Energy - The Archaeology of Gunpowder and Military Explosives Manufacture, 216 and 264 (Book). SCH4464.

One of seven small arms factories built for World War 2. The factory was modified in the Cold War and used for Plutonium Enrichment.

<3> L - P Archaeology, 2008, Proposed Development of a Tails management facility at Urenco, Capenhurst Site, Chester, R2952 (Client Report). SCH5240.

A desk-based assessment was undertaken in 2008 in support of the proposed development of a Tails Management Facility at Urenco, Capenhurst Site. The Royal Ordnance Factory at Capenhurst was first developed in the early 1940s, to inspect and package small arms ammunition. In 1946, the Ministry of Supply chose the Capenhurst site for the construction of a gaseous diffusion plant to enrich Uranium. The area of the site was expanded to the north and west for this purpose and construction began in 1950 with operations commencing in 1953.