Monument record TQ 67 SW 183 - Royal Observer Corps post west of Southfleet Road, Swanscombe
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TQ 607 734 (point) FCE |
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Map sheet | TQ67SW |
County | KENT |
District | DARTFORD, KENT |
Civil Parish | SWANSCOMBE AND GREENHITHE, DARTFORD, KENT |
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Full Description
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.
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Record last edited
Oct 10 2019 10:20AM