Record Details
| NHER Number: | 35400 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Cold War Orlit post |
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Summary
A Royal Observer Corps Orlit post, which was operational during the 1960s.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 7541 3689 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF73NE |
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| Parish: | DOCKING, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Royal observer corps post.
Open 1961, closed October 1968.
Intact but empty and overgrown.
Orlit B nearby retains wooden shelves.
See (S1).
E. Rose (NLA) July 2000.
Monument Types
- ORLIT POST (Mid 20th Century to Late 20th Century - 1961 AD to 1968 AD)
- ROYAL OBSERVER CORPS SITE (Mid 20th Century to Late 20th Century - 1961 AD to 1968 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
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. |
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