Monument record MDO45876 - Royal Observer Corps monitoring post, Woodbury Hill, Bere Regis

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. It was opened in May 1963 and the post closed in September 1991. The site was found to have been destroyed at the time of the Defence of Britain survey. The site was located underground in the middle of a field on Towns End Farm on Woodbury Hill.

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 have been destroyed at the time of the Defence of Britain survey. <1-3>

It was opened in May 1963 and the post closed in September 1991. The site was located underground in the middle of a field on Towns End Farm on Woodbury Hill. <4>

<1> Council for British Archaeology, 1995, Defence of Britain Project, Non Anti Invasion Database UID 3597 (Digital archive). SWX5.

<2> Council for British Archaeology, 2003, Defence of Britain Project Database, Non Anti Invasion Database UID 3597 (Machine readable data file). SDO128.

<3> Council for British Archaeology, 2006, Defence of Britain Project Archive DEB01, Non Anti Invasion Database UID 3597 (Excavation archive). SDO17227.

<4> Subterranea Britannica on-line survey (1998-2007) UK ROC and WMO Monitoring Posts (Digital archive). SDO14745.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1414174 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Mar 8 2023 7:41PM