Royal Observer Corps
Record added 10/5/2001
Post Name SUMBURGH
OS Grid Reference HU39081268
County Shetland
Date opened 1961
Date closed September 1991
Location On a mound in a square compound beside road, opposite an electricity sub station. On Ward Hill just north of the airport. On the east side of A970.
Description LOCKED All surface features remain intact with the green paint flaking badly. A metal dome on the ventilation shaft and three guying points indicate this was a master post. The surrounding ground is raised up from the road and there is a set of concrete steps up the bank.
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Structures
Date of Visit 6.6.2004
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