Royal Observer Corps - Nuclear Monitoring Posts

Here is a diagram which shows how the underground bunker next to Darvel cemetery would have looked when it was in use between 1959 and 1991. It was one of over 1,500 monitoring posts the length and breadth of the UK which were staffed by volunteers of the Royal Observer Corps during the Cold War.

History of the ROC Monitoring posts here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Observer_Corps_Monitoring_Post

Here's a map and list of the locations of the ROC Monitoring Posts:

https://www.subbrit.org.uk/categories/nuclear-monitoring-posts/

In Ayrshire, there were ROC posts at Barr, Barrhill, Catrine, Dalmellington, Darvel, Dunlop, Dunure, Girvan, Kilmarnock, Kilwinning, Muirkirk, New Cumnock, Straiton, Turnberry and West Kilbride.