Building record TQ 77 NW 1206 - Royal Observer Corps Post, Cliffe
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TQ 7324 7652 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ77NW |
County | KENT |
Civil Parish | CLIFFE AND CLIFFE WOODS, MEDWAY, KENT |
Unitary Authority | MEDWAY |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Shaft blocked with concrete, surface structures in fair condition and recognisable. Some posts of boundary fence still in place. Site heavily overgrown. Built as part of Cold War precautions to monitor Nuclear blasts and radiation.
Owner : Private
Publicly accessible : Yes
How accessed for survey : From side of road, easy to access.
Tourism Potential : Limited
Condition : moderate
Date of visit : 11/12/06
Underground concrete bunker with vertical access shaft and one main chamber. Sound condition but interior fittings stripped out. (1)
D. Wood, 01/01/75, Attack Warning Red (Article in monograph). SKE14261.
D. Wood, 01/01/75, Attack Warning Red (Article in monograph). Ske14261.
MMRG, 11/12/06, Royal Observer Corp UG post (Photograph). SKE14499.
MMRG, 11/12/06, Royal Observer Corp UG post (Photograph). Ske14499.
<1> Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy, Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites (Index). SKE6445.
Sources/Archives (5)
- --- SKE14261 Article in monograph: D. Wood. 01/01/75. Attack Warning Red.
- --- SKE14261 Article in monograph: D. Wood. 01/01/75. Attack Warning Red.
- --- SKE14499 Photograph: MMRG. 11/12/06. Royal Observer Corp UG post.
- --- SKE14499 Photograph: MMRG. 11/12/06. Royal Observer Corp UG post.
- <1> SKE6445 Index: Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy. Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Jan 25 2012 3:11PM