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Monument details
Summary
Site of ROC underground post for monitoring nuclear explosions and fallout. Built in 1960 and abandoned in 1968. Externally in good condition, internally two bunks and a single bed and mattresses remain.
| Grid Reference: | TR 16750 40910 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR14SE |
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| Parish: | LYMINGE, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Cold War (1960) Royal Observer Corps underground bunker |
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Full description
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Site of ROC underground post for monitoring nuclear explosions and fallout. Built in 1960 and abandoned in 1968. Externally in good condition, internally two bunks and a single bed and mattresses remain.(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) |
