Observation Post, Bossington Hill, Holnicote Estate

Record ID:  115527 / MNA167640
Record type:  Monument
Protected Status: None Recorded
NT Property:  Holnicote Estate; South West
Civil Parish:  Selworthy; West Somerset; Somerset
Grid Reference:  SS 9118 4805
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Summary

A probable Second World War observation post is visible as an mound 2m high. It's part of the tank training range on Bossington Hill

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Monument Types

  • OBSERVATION POST (Mid 20th C - 1940 AD to 1945 AD)

Description

A Second World War observation post on Bossington Hill, southwest of the target railway (115523), it is now a low grass and gorse covered mound. It is 35m x 20m and 2m high. No concrete is visible but it is likely to have been part of the tank training range. (1)

Visible on aerial photographs and mapped as part of the Severn Estuary RCZAS mapping project. Further information, sources and photograph references are available in the Exmoor National Park HER record MSO8099. (2)

References

  • SNA69539 - Collection: Exmoor National Park Authority. Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record (HER). MSO8099.

  • SZN48220 - Unpublished document: Isabel Richardson. 2001. Holnicote Estate Archaeological Survey, Somerset. 115527.

Designations

None Recorded

Other Statuses and References

  • HER/SMR Reference (External): MSO8099 Exmoor National Park HER

Associated Events

  • ENA3149 - Field Survey, Archaeological Survey of the Holnicote Estate 2001
  • ENA10529 - Heritage Assessment, Severn Estuary Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: National Mapping Programme

Associated Finds

None Recorded

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