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Summary
Site of underground monitoring post built to monitor nuclear bomb explosions and the drift of fallout. Built in 1962 it was closed in October 1968 and demolished when the area was redeveloped for housing in 1968/1969. The actual site of the post has now been lost.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 795 559 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ75NE |
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| Parish: | BEARSTED, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
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Site of underground monitoring post built to monitor nuclear bomb explosions and the drift of fallout. Built in 1962 it was closed in October 1968 and demolished when the area was redeveloped for housing in 1968/1969. The actual site of the post has now been lost.(1)
<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 | | <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) |
