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This is a 360 degree image taken near the former ROC observation post above... (more)

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Former cold war observation station once manned by the volunteers of the Royal... (more)

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This is a 360 degree image taken near the former ROC observation post above... (more)

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Much less hemmed in with trees than when I visited in 2009... (more)

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Much less hemmed in with trees than when I visited in 2009... (more)

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Former cold war observation station from which selfless souls would identify the... (more)

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Royal Observer Corps monitoring posts are underground structures all over the... (more)

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The visible entrance to Crowfield ROC observation post near to Gosbeck, Suffolk.... (more)

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This Royal Observer Corps post for recording the effects of a nuclear blast is... (more)

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In the foreground is the ROC cold war era observation bunker that would be used... (more)

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The Royal Observer Corps was introduced in 1925 to identify incoming enemy... (more)

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The concrete structure in the foreground shows the access hatch for this old... (more)

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The purpose of this redundant underground chamber was to monitor nuclear blasts... (more)

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This ROC post is now inaccessible, a heavy concrete block having been placed on... (more)

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The visible parts of a Royal Observer Corps underground observation post in... (more)

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Royal Observer Corps monitoring post at West Kilbride.

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Royal Observer Corps monitoring post at West Kilbride.

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Royal Observer Corps monitoring post at West Kilbride.

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One of almost 1560 underground observation posts spaced about 8 miles apart from... (more)

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These were in use until around 1991 and supposedly secret, but their whereabouts... (more)

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Looking towards Law Hill from the Royal Observer Corps monitoring post at West Kilbride.

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The concrete structure in the foreground shows the access hatch for this old... (more)

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The highest point of the rocky ridge on which Smailholm Tower stands. Thanks to... (more)

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For a similar view in April 2016 with good information by Jim Barton, see NT5036 : Royal Observer Corps post, Blaikie's Hill (2).

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The snow-clad bulk of The Cheviot (815m), about 45km distant, seen from the... (more)

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