Overview
- Archaeologists opened the entrance and lowered cameras to assess the underground chamber’s condition.
- The concrete post is one of about 1,500 ROC installations built nationwide in 1963–64 to detect nuclear blasts.
- English Heritage says the Scarborough post appears to have been sealed and buried in 1968, with its state unknown until now.
- The facility was designed to shelter ROC volunteers with communications equipment and bunks during a nuclear attack.
- Excavation began on March 7 after analysis of existing data and a targeted ground survey, with further assessment underway.