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Monument details
Summary
Underground ROC post for monitoring nuclear explosions and fallout built in the 1960's when an earlier post on the cost was abandoned due to unstable ground (TR 23 NW 234). Weathered due to its location but generally in good condition. Now locked, but thought to be still fully furnished.
| Grid Reference: | TR 20557 38224 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR23NW |
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| Parish: | FOLKESTONE, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Cold War (1960s) Royal Observer Corps underground bunker |
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Full description
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Underground ROC post for monitoring nuclear explosions and fallout built in the 1960's when an earlier post on the cost was abandoned due to unstable ground (TR 23 NW 234). Weathered due to its location but generally in good condition. Now locked, but thought to be still fully furnished.(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) |
