Monument record TQ 67 SW 183 - Royal Observer Corps post west of Southfleet Road, Swanscombe

Cold War Royal Observer Corps Post at the side of a trackway on farmland west of Southfleet Road, Swanscombe, Kent. Resited from Dartford and renamed Greenhithe in September, 1963. It is unclear whether it was initially a surface post only. It was certainly underground by 1965, as one of the network of 3-person underground concrete bunkers for plotting nuclear explosions and monitoring radioactive fallout. Designated 1/A1. It became structurally defective after 1968 and was then discontinued. It is thought to have been destroyed or infilled. (1-2)

Location approximate based on available information

<1> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, Visit by VTC Smith 1995 (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.

<2> Derek Wood, 01/01/1976, Attack Warning Red (Bibliographic reference). SKE24109.

<3> Council for British Archaeology, 2002, Defence of Britain Project (Digital archive). SKE32029.