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| HER Number: | MDV72311 |
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| Name: | Manaton/Lustleigh, ROC post |
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Summary
Site of ROC post for Manaton/Lustleigh accoriding to 1992 source. The Subterranea Britannica states no post was ever built here. Only an aircraft post existed.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 764 782 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX77NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Bovey Tracey |
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| Civil Parish | Ilsington |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | ILSINGTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- OBSERVATION POST? (Built, XX - 1951 AD to 1968 AD (Between))
Full description
Wood, D., 1992, Attack Warning Red, 285 (Monograph). SDV143823.
ROC post was resited from Lustleigh to current location but does not give any more details.
Dobinson, C. S., 2000, Twentieth Century Fortifications in England Vol. XI.1 & XI.2: The Cold War, 203 (Report - non-specific). SDV324255.
Site of Royal Observer Corps ROC post. Opened in September 1951 and closed by October 1968.
Subterranea Britannica: Research Study Group, 2019, Subterranea Britannica (Website). SDV362978.
Attack Warning Red lists an underground post at this site but no post was ever built here. Only an aircraft post existed (citing unknown author, 12/08/2000).
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV143823 | Monograph: Wood, D.. 1992. Attack Warning Red. Attack Warning Red. Unknown. 285. [Mapped feature: #47458 ] |
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| 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. 203. |
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| SDV362978 | Website: Subterranea Britannica: Research Study Group. 2019. Subterranea Britannica. www.subbrit.org.uk/. Website. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 29 2019 9:42AM |
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