Building record TR 34 NE 237 - Royal Observer Corps (ROC) Underground Monitoring Post, Kingsdown

The site of a Royal Observer Corps monitoring post. The site is located (with the surface features intact) in a square fenced compound on the east side of public footpath across Hawkshill Down 300 yards east of Glen 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 a good condition. The site was opened during December 1966 and closed in September 1991. (1-2)
Description from record TR 34 NE 285:
Underground ROC Post
Owner : Private
Publicly accessible : Yes
How accessed for survey :
Tourism Potential :
Condition : moderate
Date of visit : 23/07/07

Verbal Communication (Verbal communication). SKE14179.

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