Monument record COR 106 - Royal Observer Corps monitoring post

A Royal Observer Corps monitoring post. The site is located on the coastal slope east of Coast Road, that runs south from Hopton on Sea. 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. The majority of these sites were built between 1956 and 1964, although their construction began after 1925 and continued into the early 1970s. At the time of the Defence of Britain survey (1995-2002) this site was found to remain in a fair condition (S1).

In the grounds of a disused Home Office sector operations room/rotor station. 20 yards North of the Southern perimeter fence and equidistant between the eastern and western perimeter fences. OPEN The ventilation shaft has been demolished but all other surface features remain intact. There is some damage to the access shaft, the step is overturned and the louvres are missing. The hatch has been removed and the shaft capped with concrete when inspected in 1999. The site was owned by the Ministry of Defence until 2001 and was in use until April 1997 by the RAF as an RP for the ADGE Radar system (Type 93). They moved out in April/May 1997 moving to Trimmingham (near Cromer) as the radar that had been there (Type 91) had been sold to the Turkish Ministry of Defence. The new owner lives on site and allowed the post to be opened for an inspection on 20.7.2002. The concrete cap was removed and the post was found to be internally totally stripped. Opened in 1961 and closed in 1968 (S2).