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Summary

Site of Royal Observer Corps post at Kentisbeare, visible as a rectangular structure on aerial photographs taken between 1965 and 1989, and as a rectangular cropmark of variable definition on aerial photographs taken between 1992 and 2010.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ROYAL OBSERVER CORPS MONITORING POST (XX - 1962 AD to 1991 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1965, RAF/58/7109 F42, RAF/58/7109 F42 0225-0226 22-NOV-1965 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351204.

A pale rectangular feature is indisctinctly visible.

Ordnance Survey, 1989, OS/89162, OS/89162 V 602 08-MAY-1989 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356894.

A rectangular structure is visible.

Geonex UK, 1992, /49/92, Devon County Council Geonex/49/92 018-019 13-MAY-1992 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356903.

A pale rectangular enclosure is visible as a cropmark.

Wood, D., 1992, Attack Warning Red, 284 (Monograph). SDV143823.

Renamed Kentisbeare from Cullompton in November 1954.

Home Office, 1992, UKWMO Monitoring Posts (Correspondence). SDV324407.

YEO 50 Kentisbeare on list of UKWMO monitoring posts. Other details: Plan + list/gazetteer.

GetMapping, 1999, 069/99, Devon County Council GetMapping/068/99 0444-0445 11-JUL-1999 (Aerial Photograph). SDV355855.

A dark rectangular cropmark is visible.

Dobinson, C. S., 2000, Twentieth Century Fortifications in England Vol. XI.1 & XI.2: The Cold War, 201 (Report - non-specific). SDV324255.

Site of Royal Observer Corps ROC post. Resited from ST016076 (PRN: 72195) in November 1954. Underground by June 1962. Still in use after October 1968.

Next Perspectives, 2010, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives PGA Imagery ST0507 22-MAY-2010 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356259.

A pale area with poorly defined edges is visible as a cropmark.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2014-2015, East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV356883.

A rectangular structure, visible on aerial photographs taken in 1989, and indistinctly visible on laser copies of aerial photographs taken in 1965, is interpreted as the underground Royal Observer Corps monitoring post for Kentisbeare. In 1989 two small structures were visible within the boundary of the structure, presumably ventilation shafts. Although the whole field seems to have been cultivated soon after the closure of the monitoring post in 1991, cropmarks testify to the existence of below-ground remains; in 1992 and 1999 a clear rectangular cropmark is visible, and a paler area is still visible on aerial photographs taken in 2010. Its previous recorded location on the HER was ST053070.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV143823	Monograph: Wood, D.. 1992. Attack Warning Red. Attack Warning Red. Unknown. 284.
SDV324255	Report - non-specific: Dobinson, C. S.. 2000. Twentieth Century Fortifications in England Vol. XI.1 & XI.2: The Cold War. Twentieth Century Fortifications in England. XI.1 & XI.2. A4 Bound + Digital. 201.
SDV324407	Correspondence: Home Office. 1992. UKWMO Monitoring Posts. Letter to County Council.
SDV351204	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1965. RAF/58/7109 F42. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/58/7109 F42 0225-0226 22-NOV-1965.
SDV355855	Aerial Photograph: GetMapping. 1999. 069/99. GetMapping Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). Devon County Council GetMapping/068/99 0444-0445 11-JUL-1999.
SDV356259	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2010. Aerial Photography for Great Britain. Aerial Photography for Great Britain Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives PGA Imagery ST0507 22-MAY-2010.
SDV356883	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2014-2015. East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
	Linked documents:1
SDV356894	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1989. OS/89162. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/89162 V 602 08-MAY-1989. [Mapped feature: #99837 ]
SDV356903	Aerial Photograph: Geonex UK. 1992. /49/92. Geonex Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). Devon County Council Geonex/49/92 018-019 13-MAY-1992.

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6530 - The East and Mid-Devon Rivers Catchment NMP project (Ref: ACD613)

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