Harbury Royal Observer Corps Underground Monitoring Post

Description of this historic site

Royal Observer Corps Underground Monitoring Post at Harbury. Monitoring posts were to be used for reporting nuclear bursts and monitoring fall-out in the modern period. The post lies on the north side of Temple End approximately 600m outside Harbury village.

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Notes about this historic site

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 north side of an un-named minor road. The post was demolished by the MoD at the request of the landowner. All surface features including fenceing were tipped down the shaft and the site bulldozed. Opened October 1960, Closed October 1968.