Site of a former Royal Observer Corps post at Market Deeping. The posts were built during the Cold War, as part of a national system to provide civil and military authorities with essential information in the event of a nuclear attack. The posts were equipped with a variety of scientific and meteorological instruments, with their primary function being to monitor and record the position and strength of any nearby nuclear strikes, and the subsequent passage of radioactive fallout in the area. This information would be passed to regional and national headquarters of the United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation, assisting and informing the national authorities to co-ordinate any appropriate responses. The exact date when this particular post opened is not currently known, though was possibly around 1957. The structure here seems to have been short-lived, however, as it was reportedly demolished in 1960 when the post was moved to a location near Maxey (Cambridgeshire). {1}{2}