Elphin’s very own Monitoring post (now mothballed) is located 200 metres due east of the Old School. Although almost entirely underground it can easily be identified by it’s green metal casing which rises over a metre above ground level.

By August 2004: After nearly eight years and thousands of miles the survey of 1563 ROC underground monitoring posts finally came to an end on Monday 16th August when the last post site was visited at Port Ellen on the Island of Islay off the Scottish west coast.

To find out more please visit the source of this material (from the Royal Observer Corps – their online survey of the UK & UKWMO monitoring Posts) at http://www.subbrit.org.uk/rsg/roc/index2.shtml

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