NHER 13157 (Building record) - Royal Observer Corps post

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Summary

This Royal Observer Corps lookout post was set up in March 1962 and was closed in September 1991. The concrete Orlit post was used to provide accommodation for observers who would watch for enemy plane movements.

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Map sheet TG01SE
Civil Parish MARLINGFORD, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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1 February 1978. Visit.
Royal Observer Corps lookout post, set up March 1962, closed September 1991. With Orlit post. Intact externally, interior not seen. See (S1).
E. Rose (NLA), July 2000.

18 June 2010.
Noted in passing. Site has been cleared. Concrete room on legs no longer extant. Digital photos taken.
D. Gurney (NLA), 28 June 2010.

May 2011. Photographic survey .
Site still much as described above. Metal access hatch locked.
R. Hoggett (HES), 22 January 2013.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Article in Serial: Catford, N.. 1999. ROC Underground Posts in Norfolk.. NIAS Journal. Vol 6, No 4. pp 59ff.

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Record last edited

Jan 22 2013 4:17PM

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