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Accessing Scotland's Past Project
Event ID 562647
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Accessing Scotland's Past Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/562647
An underground observation post, located on the edge of Ednam Hill, was one of many built across Britain, forming part of a detection and monitoring system during the years of the 'Cold War' (1945-91).
The post was operated by the Royal Observer Corps, which, during the 1950s, began to monitor nuclear bomb explosions and the movement of fallout, having previously been employed to observe aircraft. Only an air vent and the entrance can be seen above ground, with a steel ladder leading down a shaft to an underground room or bunker, which would have been operated by three staff.
Most of these underground observation posts were built between 1958 and 1964. A small number continued to operate until the early 1990s.
Text prepared by RCAHMS as part of the Accessing Scotland's Past project
