15/07/2025
Recent visitors to our open day may have noticed a new piece of equipment in our collection. A few weeks back, we were kindly donated a Post Instrument Map Table & Tripod courtesy of our friends at Portadown Post in Northern Ireland. The post instrument played a vital role in the work of the Royal Observer Corps in their early years and we would have had one just like this at Castleton. Even in the absence of the actual instrument itself, having this piece of kit really helps to show how the role of the ROC evolved over the years to our visitors. The map table does require some restoration work, so some of the donations received at our recent event will cover the cost of replacing the glass and restoring the map itself. A big thanks must also go to our friend Ed at Cuckfield Nuclear Bunker/Royal Observer Corps Post in Sussex for kindly transporting it for us.
