Curdworth Royal Observer Corps Underground Monitoring Post
Royal Observer Corps Underground Monitoring Post at Curdworth. Monitoring posts were to be used for reporting nuclear bursts and monitoring fall-out in the modern period. The post lies on the west sideof Wiggins Hill Road, Curdworth.
1 The primary role of the Royal Observer Corps (ROC) was the recognition and identification of hostile aircraft. 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.
On the west side of Wiggins Hill Road, 100 yards North of Wiggins Hill Farm buildings. Opened November 1965, Closed October 1968. Demolished. No surface remains.
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
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