Monument record MDO45867 - Royal Observer Corps monitoring post, Acton, Worth Matravers

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 February 1962 and was closed in September 1991. The post was found to be in a good condition at the time of the Defence of Britain survey. The site is located underground in a compound on the north side of an un-named minor road, Acton.

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. <1>
The post was opened in Feburary 1962 and was closed in September 1991. The site is located underground in a compound on the north side of an un-named minor road, Acton. <2>

<1> Council for British Archaeology, 2003, Defence of Britain Project Database (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

<2> Subterranea Britannica on-line survey (1998-2007) UK ROC and WMO Monitoring Posts (Digital archive). SDO14745.

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]

<3> Council for British Archaeology, 2006, Defence of Britain Project Archive DEB01 (Excavation archive). SDO17227.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1413273 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Mar 8 2023 6:05PM