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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 75 SE 134
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	(Site of) Royal Observer Corps (ROC) Underground Monitoring Post, Linton

Summary

Site of ROC underground post for monitoring nuclear explosions and fallout. Built in 1962 and abandoned in 1991. It has been demolished since then.

Grid Reference:	TQ 7640 5097
Map Sheet:	TQ75SE
Parish:	LINTON, MAIDSTONE, KENT

Monument Types

UNDERGROUND MONITORING POST (Demolished 1991?, Modern - 1962 AD to 1991 AD?)

Full description

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Site of ROC underground post for monitoring nuclear explosions and fallout. Built in 1962 and abandoned in 1991. It has been demolished since then.(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)