Orlit 'A' Aircraft Observation Building
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Orlit 'A' Aircraft Observation Building
Image: © James T M Towill Taken: 22 Sep 2013
An 'Orlit' (pre-cast concrete) 'A' aircraft observation building, used by the Royal Observer Corps (ROC) during the Cold War. This is a rectangular building 10' by 6'8". The building was split into two sections, the entrance door led into the smaller roofed section which was used as a shelter and store with a sliding door into the open section which housed the post instrument and chart on top of a wooden mounting. Smailholm ROC post was further to the east, but no trace of this now remains following closure in 1968: http://www.subbrit.org.uk/rsg/roc/db/989479167.html
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Image Location
Latitude
55.602919
Longitude
-2.580224