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In 1959 an underground post was opened for the ROC's new role of monitoring nuclear attack and fall out. It was a master post supervising a cluster of three other posts and reporting to the 20 Group headquarters in York.. MAP EXTRACT The site of the monument is shown on the attached map extract. Legacy The contents of this record have been.
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With the start of the cold war and the increasing threat of nuclear attack in the 1950's, the ROC was given the added responsibility of reporting nuclear bursts and monitoring fall-out which necessitated the construction of 1563 underground monitoring posts throughout Great Britain & Northern Ireland.
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ROC underground monitoring post built in 1960. MATERIALS: reinforced concrete. PLAN: the post has a rectangular plan and is located in a field around 235m to the west of Wykin Lane. EXTERIOR: the post is situated beneath a shallow grassy mound that is rectangular in shape. Entry is gained via a concrete access shaft with a louvered vent.
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This is a list of Royal Observer Corps (ROC) nuclear monitoring posts incorporated into the United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation (UKWMO). List of Royal Observer Corps / United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation Posts (A-E) List of Royal Observer Corps / United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation Posts (F-K)
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ROC Post Maps shows the locations of all the known ROC posts located in Scotland. Although there are only 336 points of interest, the total number of markers shown is closer to 600, as the maps provide additional data: The original 6 digit Ordnance Survey National Grid References ( NGR) recorded for each post.
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The Royal Observer Corps (ROC) were a uniformed civilian organisation tasked with preparing for nuclear disaster and would step up to maintain control of Britain should an attack happen. Fortunately, tensions neutralised and the Cold War did not turn hot.
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The standard Royal Observer Corp (ROC) nuclear monitoring post maps are printed on an U.K. outline map with a grid overlay. This makes it difficult to assimilate the locations of numbered spots with the physical layout of the towns and cities. When the Ordnance Survey made available a free base map, it opened up an opportunity to make a more.
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Royal Observer Corps monitoring posts are underground structures all over the United Kingdom, constructed as a result of the Royal Observer Corps ' nuclear reporting role and operated by volunteers during the Cold War between 1955 and 1991.
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The posts were built to a standard design with a 14 foot access ladder, a small toilet and store and a monitoring room, with an air vent on the far side. The monitoring room was equipped with chairs, a folding table, shelves, cupboards and metal bunk beds. The Royal Observer Corps was stood down in 1991 as a result of the fall of the Soviet.
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The system is estimated to have prevented up to seven thousand accidents. It continued in use until 1964 when the main role of the ROC became nuclear reporting and the underground post which lies approximately 150m to the south east, came into use. The latter was decommissioned in 1991 when the ROC was finally stood down.
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ROC Underground Monitoring Posts ‹ Return to Britain at War Posted on September 1, 2013 by Ian D B Posted in — 14 Comments ↓ Nuclear attack warning and monitoring posts Photos taken at ROC Posts at Sowerby Bridge in West Yorkshire and a couple of others at Todmorden and Shaw in Lancashire.
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The ROC monitoring post on Keelby Road was built and opened in 1961 at the site of a former Second World War Heavy Anti-Aircraft (HAA) gun site. It was known as the Roxton ROC post or more formally as post 20/V2 from September 1963 and then 15/B2 from October 1968 (Dobinson, 2000 p252). The ROC post continued to be operational until September 1991.
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The satellite posts consisted of four kinds (numbers in brackets) :-. Royal Observer Corps (27); Royal Air Force (22); AA Command Searchlight (50); Coastguard (129) A total of 27 ROC satellite posts were set up, each manned by a single observer. 50 AA Command Searchlight sites were linked from the searchlight sentry to the nearest ROC Post. 22.