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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 94 SW 33
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	Royal Observer Corps. underground monitoring post, Bethersden

Summary

Underground monitoring post built to monitor nuclear bomb explosions and the drift of fallout. Built in 1962 it was closed in October 1968. The site is open but in an overgrown fenced compound. Surface features are in reasonable condition. The post battery remains in the monitoring room together with dismantled bunk beds. The shaft is filled with wire to discourage access.

Grid Reference:	TQ 9293 4058
Map Sheet:	TQ94SW
Parish:	BETHERSDEN, ASHFORD, KENT

Monument Types

UNDERGROUND MONITORING POST (Abandoned, Modern - 1962 AD to 1968 AD)

Full description

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Underground monitoring post built to monitor nuclear bomb explosions and the drift of fallout. Built in 1962 it was closed in October 1968. The site is open but in an overgrown fenced compound. Surface features are in reasonable condition. The post battery remains in the monitoring room together with dismanteled bunk beds. The shaft is filled with wire to discourage access.(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.

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Part of: No 1 Group Royal Observer Corps (ROC) HQ, London Rd, Maidstone (Monument)