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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 65 SE 77
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	Site of Royal Observer Core Underground Monitoring Post, Wateringbury

Summary

Site of Royal Observer Core underground post for monitoring nuclear explosions and fallout. Built in 1959 and abandoned in 1968. It has since been destroyed.

Grid Reference:	TQ 6762 5238
Map Sheet:	TQ65SE
Parish:	WATERINGBURY, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

Monument Types

UNDERGROUND MONITORING POST (Abandoned 1968, Modern - 1959 AD to 1992 AD)

Full description

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Site of ROC underground post for monitoring nuclear explosions and fallout. Built in 1959 and abandoned in 1968. It has since been destroyed in 1992. (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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Part of: No 1 Group Royal Observer Corps (ROC) HQ, London Rd, Maidstone (Monument)