Monument record TQ 75 SE 134 - (Site of) Royal Observer Corps (ROC) Underground Monitoring Post, Linton

Site of ROC underground post for monitoring nuclear explosions and fallout. Built in 1962 and abandoned in 1991. It has been demolished since then.(1)

The site of a Royal Observer Corps monitoring post. The site is located on rough pasture west of footpath linking Heath Road and Haste Hill Close. 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 had been destroyed. The site was opened during 1962 and closed in September 1991. (1-2)

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

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