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Monument details

HER Number:	TR 34 NE 237
Type of record:	Building
Name:	Royal Observer Corps (ROC) Underground Monitoring Post, Kingsdown

Summary

Site of ROC underground post for monitoring nuclear explosions and fallout. Built in 1961 and abandoned in 1991. Externally it is in good condition. Internal state is not clear as it is locked but believed to be intact.

Summary from record TR 34 NE 285:

1950s Underground Royal Observer Corps Post

Grid Reference:	TR 3759 4916
Map Sheet:	TR34NE
Parish:	DEAL, DOVER, KENT

Monument Types

ROYAL OBSERVER CORPS SITE (Unknown date)
UNDERGROUND MONITORING POST (Abandoned 1991, Modern - 1966 AD to 2050 AD)

Full description

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Site of ROC underground post for monitoring nuclear explosions and fallout. Built in 1961 and abandoned in 1991. Externally its is in good condition. Internal state is not clear as it is locked but believed to be intact.(1)

Description from record TR 34 NE 285:
Underground ROC Post
Owner : Private
Publicly accessible : Yes
How accessed for survey :
Tourism Potential :
Condition : moderate
Date of visit : 23/07/07

Verbal Communication (Verbal communication). SKE14179.

<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
---	Verbal communication: Verbal Communication.
<1>	Monograph: Kent Defence Research Group. 1999. Ravelin Special No.8 The Royal Observer Corps: Underground in Kent & Essex.

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