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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 92 NE 90 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Royal Observer Corps (ROC) Orlit Observation Post, Brookland |
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Summary
Orlit B 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. Is located close to later underground monitoring post TQ 92 NE 27.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 9880 2547 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ92NE |
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| Parish: | BROOKLAND, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- ORLIT POST (Abandoned 1962?, Modern - 1953 AD to 2050 AD)
Full description
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Orlit B 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. Is located close to later underground monitoring post TQ 92 NE 27.(1)
English Heritage, 2001, Cold War Monuments: an assessment by the Monuments Protection Programme (Unpublished document). SKE17446.
<1> Kent Defence Research Group, 1999, Ravelin Special No.8 The Royal Observer Corps: Underground in Kent & Essex (Monograph). SKE7996.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2001. Cold War Monuments: an assessment by the Monuments Protection Programme. |
| <1> | Monograph: Kent Defence Research Group. 1999. Ravelin Special No.8 The Royal Observer Corps: Underground in Kent & Essex. |
Related records
| TQ 75 NE 389 | Part of: No 1 Group Royal Observer Corps (ROC) HQ, London Rd, Maidstone (Monument) |
