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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 84 SW 26
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	Site of Royal Observer Corps (ROC) Underground Monitoring Post, Headcorn

Summary

Site of ROC underground post for monitoring nuclear explosions and fallout. Built in probably 1961 and abandoned in 1968 due to defence cut-backs.

Grid Reference:	TQ 8296 4461
Map Sheet:	TQ84SW
Parish:	HEADCORN, MAIDSTONE, KENT

Monument Types

UNDERGROUND MONITORING POST (Demolished ?, Modern - 1961 AD? to 1969 AD?)

Full description

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Site of ROC underground post for monitoring nuclear explosions and fallout. Built in probably 1961 and abandoned in 1968 due to defence cut backs.(1)

Visible as a new structure, with disturbed ground around the site and an access route across the field from the north, on aerial photos of 1961. Aerial photos of 1967 possibly appear to show the site disused. The site had been cleared by 1972.

<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)