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Monument details
Summary
Underground ROC post for monitoring nuclear explosions and fallout built in 1960 and abandonded in 1968. In overgrown compound externally the post is in fair condition but the outer hatch is missing. Internally completely stripped apart from the chemical toilet and some rubbish. The stilts and base of a brick observation tower stand on the south side of the compound.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 4593 4637 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ44NE |
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| Parish: | EDENBRIDGE, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
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Monument Types
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Royal Observer Corps (ROC) Underground Monitoring Post, 700m south-east of Edenbridge |
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Full description
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Underground ROC post for monitoring nuclear explosions and fallout built in 1960 and abandonded in 1968. In overgrown compound externally the post is in fair condition but the outer hatch is missing. Internally completely stripped apart from the chemical toilet and some rubbish. The stilts and base of a brick observation tower stand on the south side of the compound.(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) |
