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Hare Warren Control Station

England
List entry 1417594
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1417594
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.01 hectares
Grid reference
SU0860928822
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Hare Warren Control Station is a Second World War anti-aircraft defence installation located in Wiltshire. The site comprises a concrete control post and associated operational structures built during the early 1940s as part of Britain's air defence network against enemy aircraft. The control station would have coordinated the positioning and firing of anti-aircraft guns in its locality, forming part of the extensive defensive infrastructure deployed across southern England. Such installations represent an important category of wartime military monument, illustrating the scale of civil and military preparation undertaken during the Second World War.

Hare Warren Control Station is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1417594. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Hare Warren Control Station?

Hare Warren Control Station is a Second World War anti-aircraft defence installation located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1417594.

Who is responsible for protecting Hare Warren Control Station?

Hare Warren Control Station is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1417594.

What other scheduled monuments are near Hare Warren Control Station?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Knap barrow: a long barrow 900m west of Down Farm (8.9 km), Grans barrow: a long barrow 880m west of Down Farm (9 km), Bronze Age and Romano-British enclosure on Martin Down, east of Bokerley Junction (9.8 km).

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Knap barrow: a long barrow 900m west of Down Farm
8.9 km
Grans barrow: a long barrow 880m west of Down Farm
9 km
Bronze Age and Romano-British enclosure on Martin Down, east of Bokerley Junction
9.8 km
Bowl barrow 520m north east of the shoulder angle of Bokerley Dyke on Martin Down
9.9 km
Whitsbury hillfort
10 km
Bowl barrow 350m east of the shoulder angle of Bokerley Dyke on Martin Down
10.1 km
Mizmaze on Breamore Down
10.2 km
Giant's Grave: a long barrow 400m north-west of Down Farm
10.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Hare Warren Control Station

Hare Warren Control Station stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Hare Warren Control Station

Old SarumArchaeological site · ~4 milesStonehengeArchaeological site · ~8.6 milesWest Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~23.9 milesWinchesterRoman town · ~24.5 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~23.1 miles
Domesday entry for Burcombe, Wiltshire →
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