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Okehampton Artillery Range: Observation Post 16 and flanking target butts is a twentieth-century military installation located on Okehampton Moor in Devon. The site comprises an observation post and associated target butts constructed for use during military training exercises, reflecting the extensive use of Dartmoor and surrounding moorland for artillery practice during the modern period. The structures represent the infrastructure developed to support live-firing ranges that became a significant feature of the Devon landscape during the twentieth century. The site is designated as a scheduled ancient monument, acknowledging its archaeological and historical value as evidence of twentieth-century military activity and the evolution of training facilities on the moors.
Okehampton Artillery Range: Observation Post 16 and flanking target butts is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1425411. View the official record →
Okehampton Artillery Range: Observation Post 16 and flanking target butts is a twentieth-century military installation located on Okehampton Moor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1425411.
Okehampton Artillery Range: Observation Post 16 and flanking target butts 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 1425411.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Enclosure and stone hut circle 160m south east of Broad Hole (9.9 km), Stone alignment 260m south of Higher White Tor (9.9 km), Round cairn 480m south west of Higher White Tor (10 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Okehampton Artillery Range: Observation Post 16 and flanking target butts's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Okehampton Artillery Range: Observation Post 16 and flanking target butts stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.