Record Details
| NHER Number: | 25992 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Cold War Royal Observer Corps site |
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Summary
A Cold War Royal Observer Corps Orlit Post and bunker. The bunker, an underground monitoring post, was built in December 1958 and closed in October 1968.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 9562 2928 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF92NE |
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| Parish: | KETTLESTONE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
February 1991. Visit.
Prefabricated concrete Royal Observer Corps Post and shelter, with underground bunker with air shafts/access shaft etc. Loacated 113m south of Fakenham to Norwich road in east boundary hedge of field subject to possible gravel extraction threat.
D. Edwards (NLA), 5 February 1991
Underground bunkers date from after 1953.
Known as Fakenham post, built December 1958, closed October 1968. Externally complete, interior stripped, at some date clad in polystyrene tile. Orlit A to south good condition with sliding door and instrument mounting.
See (S1).
E. Rose (NLA), July 2000.
Monument Types
- ORLIT POST (Mid 20th Century to Late 20th Century - 1958 AD to 1968 AD)
- ROYAL OBSERVER CORPS SITE (Mid 20th Century to Late 20th Century - 1958 AD to 1968 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Article in Serial: Catford, N.. 1999. ROC Underground Posts in Norfolk.. NIAS Journal. Vol 6, No 4. pp 59ff. |
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