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Target operator bunker, cable trenching and three target pits 650m north of Hopehead is a Second World War military installation located in Northumberland. The site comprises a concrete operator bunker constructed to house personnel controlling target operations, associated underground cable trenching for communication and power distribution, and three target pits that formed part of a practice or testing range facility. These structures date to the period of the Second World War and reflect the military infrastructure development undertaken across northern England during that conflict. The bunker and associated features represent the operational apparatus of a wartime gunnery or weapons testing installation, with the target pits indicating the location where ordnance impact or trial firing was conducted under controlled conditions.
Target operator bunker, cable trenching and three target pits 650m north of Hopehead is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021038. View the official record →
Target operator bunker, cable trenching and three target pits 650m north of Hopehead is a Second World War military installation located in Northumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021038.
Target operator bunker, cable trenching and three target pits 650m north of Hopehead 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 1021038.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Fawdon Hill defended settlement, 900m north-west of Closehead (3.4 km), Defended settlement, 700m north of Overacres (3.7 km), Round cairn, 100m ENE of Dunns Cottage (4.8 km).
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Target operator bunker, cable trenching and three target pits 650m north of Hopehead stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, argillaceous rocks and subordinate sandstone, interbedded.