Monument record MDO40374 - Royal Observer Corps monitoring post, Woodcutts Lane, Underwood Farm, Hinton Martell

The site of a Royal Observer Corps monitoring post, opened in August 1963 and closed in September 1991. The site was built as part of an extensive network of posts designed to confirm and report hostile aircraft and nuclear attacks on the United Kingdom. The post was found to be in a good condition at the time of the Defence of Britain survey. The site is located underground (with surface features) in a small rectangular compound measuring 10m by 6m across on the south side of Woodcutts Lane. The feature was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

The site of a Royal Observer Corps monitoring post. The site was built as a part of an extensive network of posts designed to confirm and report hostile aircraft and nuclear attacks on the United Kingdom. The post was found to be in a good condition at the time of the Defence of Britain survey. <2>
The post was opened in August 1963 and was closed in September 1991. The site is located underground (with surface features) in a small rectangular compound on the south side of Woodcutts Lane. <3>

The site of a Royal Observer Corps monitoring post, built in 1963 and closed in 1991. The site lies to the south side of Woodcutts Lane and comprises a small rectangular enclosure 10m by 6m across. The feature was digitally plotted from aerial photographs during the Dorset Stour NMP. <1>

<1> Dorset County Council, 2002, Dorset County Council Vertical Photograph (Aerial Photograph). SDO13401.

<2> Council for British Archaeology, 2003, Defence of Britain Project Database, DoB Non Anti Invasion Database UID: 3596 (Machine readable data file). SDO128.

The two databases developed by the Project can be searched on-line through the Archaeology Data Service at http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/specColl/dob/index.cfm

<3> Subterranea Britannica on-line survey (1998-2007) UK ROC and WMO Monitoring Posts, <http://www.subbrit.org.uk> [Accessed 06-JUN-2007] (Digital archive). SDO14745.

<4> Council for British Archaeology, 2006, Defence of Britain Project Archive DEB01 (Excavation archive). SDO17227.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1414173 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Feb 8 2023 12:08PM