Monument record 4132/0/2 - Royal Observer Corps Monitoring Post at Poynton

In a square compound on pastoral land. 120 yards East of Waterloo road and 100 yards North of Wardsend Bridge on Dickens Lane. All surface features remain intact. The top of the ventillation shaft has broken off but it is sitting in place. The hatch is detached and the ventillation louvres are missing. There is some flaking of the green paint. Internally the post is badly fire damaged with the heat damaged wall and ceiling tiles hanging off, it is flooded to a depth of two feet. The post is strewn with rubbish. The cupboard, folding table and shelf, some wiring, notices and a rack of five wooden shelves remain. There is a crudely made wooden replica of a Radiac Survey meter on the table (made for training puposes) (2). Moved from SJ902832 [CSMR 4132/0/1] in January 1961, it was post 4 in cluster L of group 19. It changed to post 4 in cluster L of group 16 in June 1961. In March 1962 the post was moved to underground, and finally in October 1968 it was changed to post 1 in cluster B of group 16 (3).

<1> CBA, 2002, Defence of Britain Project, 2313 (Digital Archive). SCH4380.

<2> Subterrania Britannica, 2002, The Royal Observer Corps - Observer Corps Post Database (Digital Archive). SCH4457.

<3> C S Dobinson, 2000, Twentieth Century Fortifications in England: Volume XI 2 - The Cold War (Report). SCH4456.

<4> W D Cocroft and R J C Thomas, 2003, Cold War - Building for Nuclear Confrontation 1946 - 1989 (Book). SCH4466.