Monument record MHG36548 - FORTROSE, CHANONRY POINT, ROC OBSERVATION POST

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Grid reference Centred NH 7465 5580 (14m by 14m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH75NW
Geographical Area ROSS AND CROMARTY
Civil Parish ROSEMARKIE

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Created automatically by NMRS Register Utility
User: Admin, Date: Wed 13 Oct 2004
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NH75NW 317 7465 5580

This Royal Observor (sic) Corps underground post is situated on Chanonry Point on the W side of Ness Road about 60m SE of 'The Cottage'. It is a 1950s type concrete underground bunker.
J Guy 2000; NMRS MS 810/10, Vol.2, 127; Vol.3, 39

Further information and photographs of this Royal Observer Corps are available on a Subterannea Britannica website. Internal photographs, taken in 2001 show good survival of the internal fixtures and fittings, and photographs from 2007 show above-surface structures surviving well. <1>

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  • <1> Interactive Resource/Webpage: Subterranea Britannica. 1998-2008. Subterranea Britannica: Cold War. Yes. Digital.

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Sep 16 2010 2:29PM

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