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Thesaurus Term/Concept: ROYAL OBSERVER CORPS MONITORING POST

Identifier 140643
Class DEFENCE OF BRITAIN
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note A small underground chamber from where it was intended to monitor radioactive fallout in the event of nuclear attack. The majority were built between 1956 and 1964, although construction continued into the early 1970s.

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Monument Type MEX1039363 Cold War monitoring post, east of Bradleyhill Farm (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1039368 Cold War nuclear monitoring post at Great Dunmow (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1039385 Cold War nuclear monitoring post, 'Roc 4/m.4', Tolleshunt D'Arcy (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1039367 Cold War Nuclear Monitoring Post, A1060 (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1039386 Cold War nuclear monitoring post, North of London Road, Vange (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1039359 Cold War underground monitoring post, south side of Northwick Road (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1041106 ROC Monitoring Post, Harold Wood, GREATER LONDON (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1041107 ROC Monitoring Post, Warwick Lane, GREATER LONDON (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1041078 Second World War monitoring post, Hertford Lane, Chrishall (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1039374 Site of Cold War monitoring post, near Kelvedon (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1039360 Site of Cold War nuclear monitoring post, Sudbury Hil (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1053603 Site of Second World War Royal Observer Corps monitoring post, near Woolmergreen Farm (Monument)