Monument record TQ 92 NE 27 - Royal Observer Corps (ROC) Underground Monitoring Post, Brookland

Summary

ROC underground monitoring post with adjacent Orlit type B post still standing. Located 300m SW of Brookland church, parallel with the A259 Brookland to Rye rd. Monitoring post built 1962 and closed in 1968. Entrance shaft and ventilator shaft still visible above ground, but open to the elements and in very poor and dangerous condition. Reinforced concrete with earth cover. Orlit post built 1953,

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Grid reference TQ 987 254 (point) LO
Map sheet TQ92NE
District FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT
Civil Parish BROOKLAND, SHEPWAY, KENT

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English Heritage, 2001, Cold War Monuments: an assessment by the Monuments Protection Programme (Unpublished document). SKE17446.

<1> CBA Defence of Britain Project, 1994, Defence of Britain Site Report (Bibliographic reference). SKE6447.

<2> Kent Defence Research Group, 1999, Ravelin Special No.8 The Royal Observer Corps: Underground in Kent & Essex (Monograph). SKE7996.

<3> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, Attack Warning Red, D. Wood, 1976. (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.

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  • --- Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2001. Cold War Monuments: an assessment by the Monuments Protection Programme.
  • <1> Bibliographic reference: CBA Defence of Britain Project. 1994. Defence of Britain Site Report.
  • <2> Monograph: Kent Defence Research Group. 1999. Ravelin Special No.8 The Royal Observer Corps: Underground in Kent & Essex.
  • <3> Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. Attack Warning Red, D. Wood, 1976..

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  • Non-Intrusive Event: Defence of Britain (EKE8520)

Record last edited

Apr 24 2012 4:55PM