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During WWII this area in the immediate vicinity and to the east of the round barrow was designated as what was known as a Starfish Decoy Site. The Decoy Site consisted of basket fires which were ignited electrically from a Control Bunker about half a mile to the NW of the round barrow. The idea was to lure the German bombers during WWII into attacking this area rather than Industrial Teesside . This view of the bunker is looking northerly and was taken in August 2013