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Monument details

HER Number:	TR 04 NE 83
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	Site of Royal Observer Corps underground monitoring post, Wye

Summary

A Royal Observer Corps underground monitoring post is known to have been located in fields to the south of Wye village. This monument was built in 1959 to monitor nuclear explosions and fallout. It was abandoned in 1991 and since then it has been destroyed.

Grid Reference:	TR 0547 4606
Map Sheet:	TR04NE
Parish:	WYE WITH HINXHILL, ASHFORD, KENT

Monument Types

UNDERGROUND MONITORING POST (Demolished 1991?, Modern - 1959 AD to 1991 AD?)

Full description

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Site of ROC underground post for monitoring nuclear explosions and fallout. Built in 1959 and abandoned in 1991. It has since 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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