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Monument Number 1345542
Hob Uid: 1345542
Location : North Yorkshire Hambleton Osmotherley
Grid Ref : SE4737797910
Summary : World War 2 bombing decoy control shelter located 180 metres north east of Solomons House 2 kilometres north east of Osmotherley. The shelter is a brick walled rectangular structure with a reinforced concrete roof on a concrete base. There is an observation hatch in the roof. The earth banking which originally protected the shelter has been eroded away. Scheduled. The decoy site shelter, associated blast wall and concrete hard standing are visible on the latest 2009 vertical air photographs as an extant building and extant structures.
More information : World War 2 bombing decoy control shelter located 180 metres north east of Solomons House 2 kilometres north east of Osmotherley. The shelter is a brick walled rectangular structure with a reinforced concrete roof on a concrete base which measures 3.75 metres north to south by 3.10 metres east to west and stands 2 metres high. There is an observation hatch in the roof. The earth banking which originally protected the shelter has been eroded away. Located 6 metres to the south of the shelter is a concrete plinth measuring 7.5 metres north to south by 3.5 east to west, possibly the base for a Nissen Hut known from documentary evidence to be part of the site. The decoy fire baskets were located in enclosed land 500 metres north of the shelter. Scheduled.(1) The bombing decoy shelter and hard standing described by the above authority are visible on air photographs centred at SE 4737 9791. The building and surrounding bank, associated blast wall and concrete hard standing are visible as an extant building and earthwork, and extant structures on the latest 2009 vertical photographs. The bombing decoy site including the shelter is recorded in UID 1415789. The features are visible on the latest 2009 vertical photography. (2)

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Source details : EH scheduling amendment, 06-JUL-2001
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Source details : Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: SE4797 13-MAY-2009
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Monument Period Name : Second World War
Display Date : World War 2
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Monument Type : Decoy Site Shelter, Nissen Hut, Blast Wall, Hard Standing
Evidence : Extant Building, Documentary Evidence, Earthwork, Extant Structure

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 34824
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (N Yorks Moors National Park)
External Cross Reference Number : 4481
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SE 49 NE 38
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Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2010-06-01
End Date : 2011-05-01

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 1345542