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Monument details

HER Number:	TR 04 SW 126
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	Royal Observer Corps underground monitoring post, Sevington

Summary

The site of a Royal Observer Corps underground post for monitoring nuclear explosions and fallout, was located to the east of the town near the parish border. Built in 1961 and abandoned in 1968, the site itself is now destroyed.

Grid Reference:	TR 0414 4055
Map Sheet:	TR04SW
Parish:	SEVINGTON, ASHFORD, KENT

Monument Types

UNDERGROUND MONITORING POST (Abandoned, Modern - 1961 AD to 1968 AD)

Full description

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Site of ROC underground post for monitoring nuclear explosions and fallout. Built in 1961 and abandoned in 1968. Since then it has been destroyed.(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.

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