Record Details
| NHER Number: | 35396 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Cold War Royal Observer Corps site |
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Summary
This Royal Observer Corps site contains many original furnishings. An Orlit B post remains nearby.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 9557 9300 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL99SE |
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| Parish: | HOCKHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Royal Observer Corps post. Externally intact although overgrown. Internally, many furnishings remain including battery but much vandalism. Orlit B remains nearby.
See (S1).
E. Rose (NLA), July 2000.
Monument Types
- ORLIT POST (Mid 20th Century to Late 20th Century - 1959 AD to 1968 AD)
- ROYAL OBSERVER CORPS SITE (Mid 20th Century to Late 20th Century - 1959 AD to 1968 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Article in Serial: Catford, N.. 1999. Royal Observer Corps Underground Posts in Norfolk.. Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society Journal. Vol 6, no 4, pp 59-70. pp 59ff. |
Related records - none
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