Go to the Main Scottish Cave and Mine Database Search Page

Bannockburn ROC Post

Cowie Road, Bannockburn, Stirlingshire.

In a rectangular compound at the end of a line of telegraph poles, on the east side of a field boundary. 100 yards south of Cowie Road (B9124). LOCKED All surface features remain intact with some flaking of the light green paint. The access shaft was rebuilt in 1989 and a new larger hatch (Torlift) fitted. The hatch is locked and the security plug is in place and cannot be extracted with a Torlift key. Opened in 1961 and closed in 1991. [Unknown Source, 2002]

The ROC post is now unlocked with flaking light green paint on the exterior. The hatch is easily opened. The post is in a overgrown area with a lot of thorn bushes around the compound. All surface features still remain intact with the BPI (Bomb Power Indicator) mount still present and it also has a metal cap mounted on. On the inside the ROC post is flooded half way to the monitoring room's roof and has rubbish in the water with the sump pump handle removed as well. The artifacts inside the post include: the original cupboard, two intact beds, a chemical toilet (just floating), the original table with some papers on it, and a Teletalk, a bucket with batteries in their original box near just under the water, also the chairs are just seen sticking out of the water as well. [Subterranea Britannica, 2025]

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Hydrographic Feeds: None

Hydrographic Resurgences: None