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Monument details

HER Number:TR 05 NW 42
Type of record:Monument
Name:Former Royal Observer Corps (ROC) Underground Monitoring Post (Site of), Sheldwich Lees

Summary

Site of ROC underground post for monitoring nuclear explosions and fallout. Built in 1962 and abandoned in 1968. Since then it has been destroyed.

Grid Reference:TR 0158 5766
Map Sheet:TR05NW
Parish:SHELDWICH, SWALE, KENT

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Site of ROC underground post for monitoring nuclear explosions and fallout. Built in 1962 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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