Record Details
| NHER Number: | 24940 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Royal Observer Corps site |
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Summary
This Royal Observer Corps underground monitoring site would have been used during the Cold War to monitor nuclear fallout. They also included very cramped living space. No buildings remain on the surface and the access shaft is damaged.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 4336 9320 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM49SW |
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| Parish: | ALDEBY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Royal Observer Corps post.
Information from new edition of 1:2500 map.
E. Rose (NAU) 28 November 1988.
In fact set up in June 1959 closed October 1968. Surface features intact except Bomb Power Indicator pipe. Soil around underground room largely removed, air shaft demolished. Graffiti, rubbish and one bed inside.
Inf from reference (S1).
E. Rose (NLA) July 2000.
Monument Types
- ROYAL OBSERVER CORPS SITE (Mid 20th Century to Late 20th Century - 1959 AD to 1968 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Article in Serial: Catford, N.. 1999. ROC Underground Posts in Norfolk.. NIAS Journal. Vol 6, No 4. pp 59ff. |
Related records - none
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