Monument record TQ 92 NE 90 - Royal Observer Corps (ROC) Orlit Observation Post, Brookland

Summary

Orlit B post built 1953, missing access ladder, door and remoavable cover, but otherwise in fair condition. Concrete panels on 4 concrete legs. The old cluster of posts comprised Brookland IH1, Rye IH2 and Nimfield IH3. Is located close to later underground monitoring post TQ 92 NE 27.

Location

Grid reference TQ 9879 2547 (point) Estimated from sources
Map sheet TQ92NE
District FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT
Civil Parish BROOKLAND, SHEPWAY, KENT

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Full Description

English Heritage, 2001, Cold War Monuments: an assessment by the Monuments Protection Programme (Unpublished document).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

<1> Kent Defence Research Group, 1999, Ravelin Special No.8 The Royal Observer Corps: Underground in Kent & Essex (Monograph). SKE7996.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2001. Cold War Monuments: an assessment by the Monuments Protection Programme.
  • <1> Monograph: Kent Defence Research Group. 1999. Ravelin Special No.8 The Royal Observer Corps: Underground in Kent & Essex.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Apr 24 2012 4:55PM