In an unassuming field just outside Glasgow lies a forgotten relic of the Cold War. Fifteen feet below the surface, the underground monitoring post of The Royal Observer Corps at Gilbertfield played an important part in the defence of our country from 1966 to 1991 as part of the United Kingdom Warning and Monitoring Organisation.

Built as part of an extensive network of similar posts designed to confirm and report the effects of nuclear attack, Gilbertfield is one of only a handful of sites known to be undergoing preservation in South West Scotland as a tribute to the thousands of men and women who served in The Royal Observer Corps until it's stand-down in 1991. Over the past two years the Post has been brought back from a near derelict shell and stands as a proud monument to the Corps and the thousands of Observers who, if needbe, would have given their lives if the unthinkable had happened to our country.

Gilbertfield sat abandoned for over ten years after it's closure in September 1991, however today it's one of only a few known to be restored in the area and along with it's sister Posts at Skelmorlie, Ayrshire and Kilchattan Bay, Bute, is a unique example of an operational monitoring post just as it would have been at the height of the Cold War in the 1980's.

The restoration is not quite finished yet so keep checking back to see what's new at 48 Post Gilbertfield!