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Auxiliary Unit control station (part of operational base) consisting of hut on concrete base, with aerial (concealed) running up adjacent tree. Also barbed wire compound. [Sources of information: letters from Mr. Leslie Parnell, former signaller serving at Ousden site; personal interview with Mr. Ted Knight, estate worker during war on Ousden Estate; IWM Sound Archive recording of Mrs. Marina Bloxham, ATS subaltern staffing Ousden site].
(Source: Field Visit 1999/01/17)
Type of site | AUXILIARY UNIT SPECIAL DUTIES CONTROL STATION |
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Location | Littly Wood, Ousden. |
Area |
Ousden, Suffolk, England |
Grid reference |
TL 745 592
(Scale: 1:25000
)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Very Bad |
Materials | Concrete, Wood |
Threats |
Type: Forestry (Medium Term) Detail: Forestry endangers site remains. |
Recorder | Ward, William (Pillbox Study Group) |
DOB site reference: | S0006550 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1999/01/17 |