Monument record TR 15 NE 403 - Site of Underground Royal Observer Corps (ROC) Monitoring Post, Canterbury

Site of underground ROC post for monitoring nuclear explosions and fallout. Built in 1961 it was
abandoned in 1968 due to defence cut-backs. It has beeen demolished and no trace survives.(1)

A Royal Observer Corps monitoring post. The site is located (with the surface features intact) in the grounds of a small industrial unit on the north side of Turnden Lane. 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 a good condition. The site was opened during September 1968 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.

<3> CBA Defence of Britain Project, 1994, Defence of Britain Site Report (Bibliographic reference). SKE6447.