Monument record MDO45409 - Royal Observer Corps monitoring post, Stephens Castle Nature Reserve, Verwood

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 April 1958 and was closed in October 1968. It was found to have been destroyed by the time of the Defence of Britain survey. The site was located underground on the top of a tumulus in the Stephens Castle Nature Reserve.

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. It was found to have been destroyed by the time of the Defence of Britain survey. <1>
The post was opened in April 1958 and was closed in October 1968. The site was located underground on the top of a tumulus in the Stephens Castle Nature Reserve. <2>

<1> Council for British Archaeology, 2006, Defence of Britain Project Archive DEB01 (Excavation archive). SDO17227.

Object Title: Defence of Britain. Scope & Content: 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> 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.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1414171 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jan 30 2023 2:02PM