Monument record MDO43459 - Royal Observer Corps monitoring post, Sturminster Newton

The site of a Royal Observer Corps monitoring post. 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 opened in June 1959 and was closed in October 1968. The site was found to be in a poor condition by the time of the Defence of Britain survey. The site was located underground on the north side of Copse Hill beside an entrance to a farm yard.

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 site was found to be in a poor condition by the time of the Defence of Britain survey. <a>

The post was opened in June 1959 and was closed in October 1968. The site was located underground on the north side of Copse Hill beside an entrance to a farm yard. <b>

<a>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

<b>Subterranea Britannica. 1998-2007. Royal Observer Corps-An online survey of the UK R.O.C and UK W.M.O Monitoring Posts, Subterranea Britannica <http://www.subbrit.org.uk> [Accessed 06-JUN-2007]

<1> Historic England, Historic England Archive, DEB01 (Index). SDO14738.

Defence of Britain: This material has not yet been fully catalogued. Copyright, date, and quantity information for this record may be incomplete or inaccurate.Box files containing the record sheets gathered from participants in the Defence of Britain Project. The project recorded, with the help of volunteers, the remains of military structures in Britain. The collection is arranged by county and split between anti-invasion and non anti-invasion defences. The record sheets record the visible structures and include location details, structure type and purpose and include photographs.

<2> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1414167 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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