Monument record 8511/0/1 - Upton WWII/Cold War ROC Observation Post

A Royal Observer Corps monitoring post. The site was built as part of an extensive network of posts designed to confirm and report hostile aircraft and nuclear attacks on the United Kingdom. It was opened during February 1962 and closed in September 1991. At the time of the Defence of Britain survey the site was found to be in a fair condition. It is located underground in a long rectangular compound on a field boundary, 150 yards east of Upton Lodge Farm and 200 yards west of Weedon Road (A45). At the end of a line of telegraph poles.

{1} Source 1: Gibson, M.L. (1982). Gibson identifies 19 Observer Posts in Northants during WW2 including that at Duston/Upton (Identifying number H1, No 12 Group, Bedford) Source 2: Wood, D (1992) Part of No 7 Group Bedford. Opened October 1954. Resited 1953. Undergrounded 1962. Stood down in 1991. Note that these details, including date of opening, appear at variance with Gibson above.

{4} A Royal Observer Corps monitoring post. The site was built as a part of an extensive network of posts designed to confirm and report hostile aircraft and nuclear attacks on the United Kingdom. At the time of the Defence of Britain survey the site was found to be in a fair condition.

{5} It was opened during Febuary 1962 and closed in September 1991. It was located underground in a long rectangular compound on a field boundary, 150 yards east of Upton Lodge Farm and 200 yards west of Weedon Road (A45). At the end of a line of telegraph poles.

<1> Cadman G., 2014, 20th Century Military Archaeology in Northamptonshire: Logs 1, 2 & 3, v.6 p.7 (unchecked) (Report). SNN104868.

<2> Gibson M.L., 1982, Aviation In Northamptonshire: An Illustrated History, p.78-9 (unchecked) (Book). SNN100276.

<3> Wood D., 1992, Attack Warning Red: The Royal Observer Corps & The Defence of Britain 1925-1992 (Survival), p.303 (unchecked) (Chapter). SNN1225.

<4> Migrated Defence of Britain Project database record originally compiled from various sources (Database). SNN112922.

<5> 2002, Subterranea Britannica Web Site, [Accessed 06-JUN-2007] (Website). SNN101437.

<6> Historic England, Undated, Defence of Britain (Archive). SNN112947.

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