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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 66 SE 50
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	(Site of) Snodland Royal Observer Corps (ROC) Underground Monitoring Post

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 in 1997.

Grid Reference:	TQ 6954 6106
Map Sheet:	TQ66SE
Parish:	SNODLAND, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

Monument Types

UNDERGROUND MONITORING POST (Abandoned 1968 & demolished 1997, Modern - 1962 AD to 1997 AD)

Full description

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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 in 1997.(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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