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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 83 SE 67
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	Royal Observer Corp. Underground Monitoring Post, Tenterden

Summary

Site of Royal Observer Corp underground post for monitoring nuclear explosions and fallout. Built in 1959 and abandoned in 1969, it is externally in a good condition with some internal features surviving. The monument is located in association with a brick observation tower.

Grid Reference:	TQ 8732 3441
Map Sheet:	TQ83SE
Parish:	TENTERDEN, ASHFORD, KENT

Monument Types

UNDERGROUND MONITORING POST (Abandoned 1968, Modern - 1959 AD to 1969 AD)

Full description

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Site of ROC underground post for monitoring nuclear explosions and fallout. Built in 1959 and abandoned in 1969. Externally in a good condition with some internal features surviving. Is with a brick observation tower.(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)