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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 73 NE 33
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	Former Royal Observer Core Underground Monitoring Post, Cranbrook

Summary

Underground Royal Observer Core post for monitoring nuclear explosions and fall-out in the grounds of a small industrial unit. Constructed during the Cold War. In good external and internal condition although it has been completely stripped of all fixtures and fittings.

Grid Reference:	TQ 7628 3546
Map Sheet:	TQ73NE
Parish:	CRANBROOK, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

Monument Types

UNDERGROUND MONITORING POST (Abandoned 1991, Modern - 1968 AD to 2007 AD)

Full description

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Underground ROC post for monitoring nuclear explosions and fallout in the grounds of small industrial unit it was built in 1968 and abandoned in 1991. In good external and internal condition although it has been completely stripped of all fixtures and fittings.(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

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