4 Defend the Nation Traditional Cache
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{LENHAM ROC POST}
The Kent MEGA 2015 subcontracted the task for this trail. It will lead you around some little know locations that are part of Kent’s defensive history, from Medieval sites to Cold War bunkers.
The Royal Observer Corps (ROC) was a defence warning organisation operating from 1925. It was created to provide a system for detecting, tracking and reporting aircraft over Britain. They played a very important part during World War Two with the Battle of Britain. The end of the Second World War brought with it the new and terrifying prospect of nuclear war. In Britain the public would have had a mere four minute warning of the approach of nuclear missiles and it was the job of the Royal Observer Corps to warn the public of the impending attack, report the explosions and plot the path of the deadly nuclear fallout. From 1955 the Corps operated from 1563 ROC underground monitoring 'posts' about 7-8 miles apart from each other throughout the UK. In 1968 the Corps was re-organised and about half of the posts were closed. In September 1991 the remaining 872 posts were stood down and abandoned.
The depression in the field is where the bunker was sited. To get a feel for what it is like inside why not visit http://coord.info/GC3E06P (LA:RS Lights The Way) 70FP!!!
Thanks to TRI, LA:RS & SianS for placing.
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