Ridings, C. (2008). The Bunker, Whittingham Lane, Goosnargh, Preston, Lancashire, Archaeological Building Investigation. Oxford: Oxford Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1008557. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 The Bunker, Whittingham Lane, Goosnargh, Preston, Lancashire, Archaeological Building Investigation
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Abstract:		 Brian Cox requested that Oxford Archaeology North undertake a building investigation of the former RAF 'filter' bunker at Whittingham Lane, Goosnargh, Preston, Lancashire, prior to its proposed conversion to a single residence. Lancashire County Archaeology Service recommended a building investigation of English Heritage (2006) Level II standard, which included a rapid map regression in conjunction with a site investigation (May 2006). It was evident from the inspection that some alterations had taken place since the bunker was built. Door handles and electrical fittings had been replaced, whilst several rooms had been remodelled with the insertion of cinder block partitions. However, there appeared to be few significant alterations. In the 1940s, the bunker was constructed by the RAF. It was remodelled as the Western Sector base for the ROTOR radar project, during the early Cold War of the 1950s, but the project was superseded before it had been fully implemented. The complex was used by 21 Group Royal Observation Corps (ROC), working under the United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation (UKWMO) from the late 1950s onwards. This occupancy continued well into the late twentieth century until both the UKWMO and the ROC were disbanded in the early 1990s. For at least some of the time during the Cold War, the filter bunker seems to have been used as the Regional Armed Forces Headquarters and was last occupied by them in 1992. Since then the facility has been left vacant, and has passed into private ownership.
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Author:		 C Ridings
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Lancashire SMR (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2008
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Site: The Bunker, Whittingham Lane, Goosnargh, Preston
Parish: GOOSNARGH
District: Preston
County: Lancashire
Country: England
Grid Reference: 354950, 436250 (Easting, Northing)
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UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) NONE (Find)
20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods) BUNKER (Monument Type England)
ARCHITECTURAL SURVEY (Event)
FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT) (Event)
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OASIS Id: oxfordar1-91325
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Created Date:		 24 Nov 2016