Cold War nuclear bunker discovered beneath Scarborough Castle after nearly 50 years
Archaeologists have discovered a Cold War nuclear bunker beneath Scarborough Castle, built in 1963 as part of the Royal Observer Corps monitoring system. The bunker, one of over 1,500 UK locations, was sealed in 1968 and remained hidden for nearly 50 years before being rediscovered through historical records and ground penetrating radar. The three-person facility was designed to monitor nuclear detonations and track radioactive fallout, particularly from explosions over the North Sea.