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Historic England / Planning Data records this location as Receiver site and Royal Observer Corps Underground Nuclear Monitoring Post, former Swingate Chain Home Radar Station. Our atlas groups it under cold war using that source wording.
Receiver site and Royal Observer Corps Underground Nuclear Monitoring Post, former Swingate Chain Home Radar Station is recorded by Historic England under reference 1405533. The supplied index identifies Receiver site and Royal Observer Corps Underground Nuclear Monitoring Post, former Swingate Chain Home Radar Station. Current condition and visitor access are not established by this source index.
Record details
- Category
- Cold War
- Source classification
- Receiver site and Royal Observer Corps Underground Nuclear Monitoring Post, former Swingate Chain Home Radar Station
- Period / construction dates
- Cold War
- Current condition
- Not verified
- Designation
- II
- Designation date
- 2012-07-13
- Nearest reference town
- Dover (approximate)
- County / historic source county
- Kent
- County or local authority (ONS)
- Kent
- Nation
- England
- Source record ID
- 1405533
- Coordinates
- 51.140292, 1.341447 (reference point, not an entrance)
- Index checked
- 2026-09-13
- Source last updated
- 2026-09-12
- Published access reviewed
- Not yet verified
Index verification means the record and supplied attributes were checked against the official downloaded index on 2026-09-13. It does not mean a site visit or confirmation of current access. Points may refer to a whole complex, a surviving component or a recorded location.