Archaeology Notes

Event ID 803420

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT73NW 46 74404 37377

NT 7439 3738. The ROC Observation post is situated near the top of the hill about 137m N of Cliftonhill farmsteading.

It is of standard design and the compound has a style for access. All surface features were intact, the hatch had no padlock, but is secured with an internal lock which requires a different 'T' bar than posts in England. The post was built in 1960 and closed in 1991.

Information from Defence of Britain Porject recording form (N Catford), 5 May 1998

Royal Observer Corps underground monitoring post (EDI 56). Visible on an aerial photograph taken in 1965 (OS/65/101: 238). Depicted on the current OS 1:10,000 map (1993) as 'Reservoirs'.

Information from RCAHMS (KM) 9 February 2000