Monument record MDO43552 - Royal Observer Corps monitoring post, Blandford St Mary

The site of a Royal Observer Corps monitoring post. The site was located on the south side of Fair Mile Road, west of Blandford St Mary. The majority of these sites were built between 1956 and 1964, although their construction began after 1925 and continued into the early 1970s. At the time of the Defence of Britain survey (1995-2002) this site was found to have been destroyed.

The site of a Royal Observer Corps monitoring post. The site was located on the south side of Fair Mile Road, west of Blandford St Mary. The majority of these sites were built between 1956 and 1964, although their construction began after 1925 and continued into the early 1970s. At the time of the Defence of Britain survey (1995-2002) this site was found to have been destroyed. <1>

<1> World Wide Web page at ;http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/specColl/dob/index.cfm (Digital archive). SDO17704.

<2> 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

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1414172 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jul 3 2023 4:00PM