Roc Darton

ROC Darton is a Royal Observer Corps post between Woolley and Darton in Yorkshire.

The hatch has been removed and the concrete smashed away. The access shaft vent has been completely destroyed. The far ventilation shaft is damaged.

Inside the post has been fire damaged with everything destroyed. A few melted switches, a seat frame and the sink is all that remains.

Royal Observer Corps (ROC) were given the responsibility of reporting nuclear bursts and monitoring fall-out. This was archived by the construction of underground monitoring posts throughout Great Britain and Northern Ireland. These were designed to give limited fall-out protection, usually at the same location as the aircraft monitoring post.

These posts are basic, with no mains electricity or running water. Toilet facilities were basic in the extreme consisting of a chemical toilet in a small room just off the main entrance. This entrance is a 15ft shaft, dropping down to a large monitoring room, approximately 15ft by 7ft in size. These bunkers were built to a standard design. The furniture was also standardised inside the bunkers. A ventilation shaft with two louvered vents was located alongside the entrance shaft with a second air shaft at the other end of the room. Lighting was provided by a 12 volt battery located behind the monitoring room door.