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Summary

Observation Post 3; one of 22 posts constructed around the Range to ensure safety during training, but also for observing artillery fire and controlling targets. Remains consist of a stone-and-turf shelter. Not considered of good enough condition for Scheduling.

Summary from record MDV131757:
An abandoned former artillery observation post lies on the gentle south east facing slope at Curtery Clitters. The feature consists of a boarded up observing shelter encased in a revetted turf and stone mound.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1398456
• National Record of the Historic Environment: SX58NE58
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58NE/67

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• OBSERVATION POST (XX - 1901 AD (Between) to 2000 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1953-1969, 1953-1969 National Grid OS A edition imperial (Cartographic). SDV352727.

'Observation Post' recorded on (1965) historic map as a small rectangular building.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Not visible on Ministry of Defence 1990 aerial photograph (003/V1/TPRU/RAF/2147, 25/12/1990).

Francis, P., 2002, Okehampton Artillery Range, 12, plate 29 (Report - Survey). SDV359222.

Observation Post 3. Located at Curtery Clitters, just north of 'E' datum point. Only surviving timber-framed observation post with thick-section timber posts and beams and wall cladding. Roof and outer wall cladding is a mixture of concrete and drystone granite block, the whole structure is covered with a thin layer of earth and grass. Along the front elevation is a half-height reinforced concrete blast wall with hand rail. SX59091 89728.

Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P., 2003-2004, Measured survey North Dartmoor Military Range Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV350801.

(30/04/2004) SX 5909 8972 An abandoned former artillery observation post lies on the gentle south east facing slope at Curtery Clitters. The feature consists of a boarded up and inaccessible observing shelter approximately 5m wide encased in a revetted turf and stone mound 8.5m square and a maximum of 2.2m high. The observing shelter formerly faced south east.

GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.

Site of the observation post visible on the aerial photography.

English Heritage, 2015, Okehampton Artillery Range: Various Observation Posts (Schedule Document). SDV359220.

Observation Posts 3, 15, 17 and 22 are not recommended for scheduling for the following principal
reasons:
Survival: they do not survive as well as similar structures on this range, having undergone a greater
level of alterations. They are also not as closely related to other artillery range features.
Group value: although not of sufficient national importance in their own right, the structures have group value with the other related military training features and form part of the Range's historical development and context.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7620 - Okehampton Artillary Range
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
• EDV8679 - Okehampton Range: Management Survey
• EDV8291 - Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
• EDV8695 - Survey of Okehampton North Dartmoor Military Range

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