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Summary

The site of a ROC post is possibly visible as a structure on aerial photographs of 1946, adjacent to a road, to the west of Sampford Peverell.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• OBSERVATION POST (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS, RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS 4330-31 04-NOV-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356902.

The site of the possible ROC post is visible as a structure.

Wood, D., 1992, Attack Warning Red, 285 (Monograph). SDV143823.

Both Wood and Dobinson refer to location as 'Sampford Percival'.

Dobinson, C. S., 2000, Twentieth Century Fortifications in England Vol. XI.1 & XI.2: The Cold War, 204 (Report - non-specific). SDV324255.

Site of Royal Observer Corps ROC post. Opened in August 1940. Later rebased to SS930115 (PRN: 72343) in November 1954.

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

The site of the ROC post is possibly visible as a structure on aerial photographs of 1946, adjacent to a road, to the west of Sampford Peverell. The single structure is fairly poorly defined but is possibly L-shape in plan and measures approximately 7.5m in length by 4m in width. The structure is not depicted on historical mapping or on more recent mapping and so is unlikely of agricultural function. The possible ROV post was not visible on other aerial photographs after 1946.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV143823	Monograph: Wood, D.. 1992. Attack Warning Red. Attack Warning Red. Unknown. 285.
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. 204.
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
SDV356902	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS 4330-31 04-NOV-1946. [Mapped feature: #99866 ]

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

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

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