{"id":733,"date":"2009-05-04T19:58:41","date_gmt":"2009-05-04T18:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heritageandhistory.com\/contents1a\/?p=733"},"modified":"2009-05-04T20:01:24","modified_gmt":"2009-05-04T19:01:24","slug":"observation-post-burgh-by-sands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heritageandhistory.com\/contents1a\/2009\/05\/observation-post-burgh-by-sands\/","title":{"rendered":"Observation post – Burgh by Sands"},"content":{"rendered":"

Memories of two conflicts are to be found on the salt marshes near to a small village called Burgh by Sands in North Cumbria.<\/p>\n

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Edward 1 Monument. In the background can be seen the observation post.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

King Edward I<\/a> is remembered in the monument most people associate with this area however a few hundred meters to the north is a monument to more recent conflict, World War II.<\/p>\n

The concrete bunker with it’s roof covered with soil and grass was an observation post for a firing range<\/a> used by the RAF based at RAF Crosby-on-Eden.<\/p>\n

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Observation Post overlooking Burgh Marshes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This range stretched from Glasson in the west, through Drumburgh, and over to Burgh-by-Sands in the east<\/p>\n

No 9 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit, <\/span>were based at the airport now known as Carlisle Airport.<\/p>\n

The airfield to the north east of Carlisle was, during WWII, the home to a number of training units and from late 1944 transport command, who flew Dakota aircraft.<\/p>\n

Gallery<\/h3>\n

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