Field Telephone Connection

Field Telephone Connection is a military installation in Okehampton Hamlets, West Devon District, England. Access is restricted and requires permission. Field Telephone Connection is situated near the cliff Boer War Trenches (Remains), as well as near the peak Halstock Hill.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Okehampton Castle and Yes Tor.

Okehampton Castle

Photo: john spivey, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Okehampton Castle is a medieval motte and bailey castle in Devon, England. It was built between 1068 and 1086 by Baldwin FitzGilbert following a revolt in Devon against Norman rule, and formed the centre of the Honour of Okehampton, guarding a crossing point across the West Okement River. Okehampton Castle is situated 1½ miles northwest of Field Telephone Connection.

Yes Tor

Peak

Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Yes Tor is the second highest point on Dartmoor, Devon, South West England, at 619 metres above sea level. It is one of only three wholly English peaks south of the Peak District National Park—the other two being the nearby High Willhays, and Black Hill in Herefordshire—that are above 2,000 feet. Yes Tor is situated 1½ miles southwest of Field Telephone Connection.

Okehampton railway station

Railway station

Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Okehampton railway station is a terminus railway station on the Dartmoor line serving the town of Okehampton in Devon, England. The station closed to regular traffic in 1972, but heritage and occasional mainline services ran from 1997 to 2019. Okehampton railway station is situated 1¼ miles north of Field Telephone Connection.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rowtor Target Railway and Belstone.

Rowtor Target Railway

Locality

Photo: Richard Knights, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Rowtor Target Railway was a military narrow gauge target railway south of Okehampton in Dartmoor, England, with a gauge of 24 inches.

Belstone

Village

Photo: Graham Loveland, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Belstone is a small village and civil parish in the West Devon District of Devon, England. Belstone is situated 1½ miles northeast of Field Telephone Connection.

Okehampton

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Okehampton is a market town in Dartmoor, Devon, England, on the edge of Dartmoor National Park with direct access onto the moor.

Field Telephone Connection

Access is restricted and requires permission.
Type: Military installation
Location: Okehampton Hamlets, West Devon District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.71352° or 50° 42′ 49″ north

Longitude

-3.98912° or 3° 59′ 21″ west

Operator

Ministry of Defence

Open location code

9C2RP276+C9

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4326991007

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=telephone

OpenStreetMap feature

military=field_telephone

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Highlights: Boer War Trenches (Remains) and Field Telephone Connection.

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