Monument record TQ 86 SW 31 - Royal observer corps post, near Meresborough, Gillingham

The site of a Royal Observer Corps monitoring post. The site is located (with the surface features intact) in an overgrown fenced compound on the east side of a sharp bend in the Meresborough Road. The site was built as part of an extensive network of posts designed to confirm and report hostile aircraft and nuclear attacks on the United Kingdom. At the time of the Defence of Britain survey (1995-2002) the site was found to remain in an poor condition. The site was opened during June 1961 and closed in October 1968. (1-2)

<1> Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy, Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites (Index). SKE6445.

<2> Council for British Archaeology, 2002, Defence of Britain Project (Digital archive). SKE32029.