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Monument details
Summary
ROC underground monitoring post with adjacent Orlit type B post still standing. Located 300m SW of Brookland church, parallel with the A259 Brookland to Rye rd. Monitoring post built 1962 and closed in 1968. Entrance shaft and ventilator shaft still visible above ground, but open to the elements and in very poor and dangerous condition. Reinforced concrete with earth cover. Orlit post built 1953,
| Grid Reference: | TQ 988 255 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ92NE |
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| Parish: | BROOKLAND, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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ROC underground monitoring post with adjacent Orlit type B post still standing. Located 300m SW of Brookland church, parallel with the A259 Brookland to Rye rd. Monitoring post built 1962 and closed in 1968. Entrance shaft and ventilator shaft still visible above ground, but open to the elements and in very poor and dangerous condition. Bunks and cupboard remain underground but the post is flooded to a depth of 18" Reinforced concrete with earth cover. Orlit post built 1953, missing access ladder, door and remoavable cover, but otherwise in fair condition. Concrete panels on 4 concrete legs. The old cluster of posts comprised Brookland IH1, Rye IH2 and Nimfield IH3. (1-2)
Additional bibliography (not consulted) (3)
English Heritage, 2001, Cold War Monuments: an assessment by the Monuments Protection Programme (Unpublished document). SKE17446.
<1> CBA Defence of Britain Project, 1994, Defence of Britain Site Report (Bibliographic reference). SKE6447.
<2> Kent Defence Research Group, 1999, Ravelin Special No.8 The Royal Observer Corps: Underground in Kent & Essex (Monograph). SKE7996.
<3> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, Attack Warning Red, D. Wood, 1976. (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2001. Cold War Monuments: an assessment by the Monuments Protection Programme. |
| <1> | Bibliographic reference: CBA Defence of Britain Project. 1994. Defence of Britain Site Report. |
| <2> | Monograph: Kent Defence Research Group. 1999. Ravelin Special No.8 The Royal Observer Corps: Underground in Kent & Essex. |
| <3> | Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. Attack Warning Red, D. Wood, 1976.. |
Related records
| TQ 75 NE 389 | Part of: No 1 Group Royal Observer Corps (ROC) HQ, London Rd, Maidstone (Monument) |
