Information for record number MWA9631:
Coleshill Royal Observer Corps Post

Summary The site of a Royal Observer Corps post established in the Modern Period to monitor and track enemy aircraft. It was located in the area of Trajan Hill.
What Is It?  
Type: Royal Observer Corps Site, Observation Post
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Coleshill
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 19 90
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 The site of a Royal Observer Corps Post for Coleshill/Curdworth/Hurley established in or before December 1937 as Post 3, cluster G, 5 Group. In September 1950 it was re-named Pot3, cluster F 5 Group at the same location, and in December 1952 re-named again as Post 2, cluster C, 8 Group, with the detail that an elevated post was required. In fact an underground post was constructed in 1965 [WA 9559]
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Twentieth Century Fortifications in England, vol XI.2
Author/originator: Dobinson C S
Date: 2000
Page Number: 302
Volume/Sheet: vol XI.2
   
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period Modern The Modern Period, about 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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period modern About 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument ROYAL OBSERVER CORPS SITE * A site or structure associated with the activities of the Royal Observer Corps. The Corps was formed on 1 January 1947 and disbanded in 1991. back
monument FORTIFICATION * A usually permanent defensive work. Use specific type where known. back
monument AIRCRAFT * An aircraft, either whole or in part. Aircraft often survive as commemorative monuments, gate guardians or crash sites. back
monument OBSERVATION POST * A building or site for watching specific military activities or the movement of enemy forces, etc. back

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