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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 65 NW 124
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	Site of Royal Observer Corps (ROC) Underground Monitoring Post, Borough Green

Summary

Underground monitoring post built to monitor nuclear bomb explosions and the drift of fallout. Built in 1960 on a hilltop it was closed in 1991. A fallen telegraph pole marks the site together with foundations that might be the shaft. Excavation to a depth of 2ft revealed rubble in fill.

Grid Reference:	TQ 6129 5727
Map Sheet:	TQ65NW
Parish:	BOROUGH GREEN, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

Monument Types

UNDERGROUND MONITORING POST (Demolished 1991?, Modern - 1960 AD to 1991 AD?)

Full description

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Underground monitoring post built to monitor nuclear bomb explosions and the drift of fallout. Built in 1960 it was closed in 1991. A fallen telegraph pole marks the site together with foundations that might be the shaft. Excavation to a depth of 2ft revealed rubble in fill.(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)