Western Outworks, Fort Burgoyne Part 2

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I said I would do some more from this very interesting site when I got my camera fixed, and so on a crisp quiet Sunday morning not so long ago I schlepped it back up to the Western Outworks. The Outworks were a battery built to defend one side of the fort and the fort itself was built to defend the so-called North Spur of Dover castle, which was seen as a weak spot, where the ground was higher than the castle itself.

I took some photos of the gatehouse in my last post, so these photos mainly focus on the inside. As you go in you can see that part of the eastern wall of the outworks was converted during WW2 by blocking up the firing slits and putting a metal roof on it. This is one of several modifications that was made when, like most of the rest of the fortifications in Dover it was used to house troops.
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There is a stone sink in this part of the building
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As well as this building there is also a surface magazine, which interestingly, is exactly the same design as the surface magazines that were added to Dover Castle at about the same time as the Fort was built. There is an old water tank here and someone had decided to erect a washing line!
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To the left of this there is the magazine tunnel. This was original built to lead out to a caponier in the moat ditch of the outworks. Unfortunately, the end of this has pretty much collapsed., but there are three rooms along its length which are all pretty much intact. The second and third of these were magazines but it is a bit unclear what the first one was - perhaps a sentry post? There is also a small aperture in the wall of the tunnel that looks like the kind of place where you would put a fire extinguisher, but I assume this was not its original purpose!

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As you come back to the gatehouse
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This is a really interesting site and one not often visited. If anyone would like to visit or some info about how to do so, please PM me.
Enjoy!
GDZ :mrgreen:
 
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Nice one Godzilla,as you know this is definately a site that myself and Newage are interested in doing.Thanx for posting as (as you say) there is very little on the web about this location and its always good to have some gen before you make a visit !!!
PS Did you have any luck at Long Hill ??
 
Nice report and pics, I visited here a couple of weeks back and someone was living on site, as well as the washing line you saw there was a big pile of empty water bottles and a bloddy great machette leaning against one of the walls outside the entrance to the room at the top, not sure if someone heard us approaching but we got the feeling we were being watched the whole time:neutral:

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Nice one Godzilla,as you know this is definately a site that myself and Newage are interested in doing.Thanx for posting as (as you say) there is very little on the web about this location and its always good to have some gen before you make a visit !!!
PS Did you have any luck at Long Hill ??

Didn't get up to Long Hill, but you can definitely see a tunnel entrance up there from a ways off - funnily enough from the back of the Western Outworks Entrance. Whether or not it has been sealed or not is a different matter. Probably one we'll have to save for another time - on that great Dover adventure we're all planning!
 
Nice report and pics, I visited here a couple of weeks back and someone was living on site, as well as the washing line you saw there was a big pile of empty water bottles and a bloddy great machette leaning against one of the walls outside the entrance to the room at the top, not sure if someone heard us approaching but we got the feeling we were being watched the whole time:neutral:

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Oh lordy - if I had seen that I would have just crapped myself and run!!! Its funny you mention it but there were a few occasions when I thought I saw movement in the overgrowth, but just put it down to animals. I was on my own, so if anything had happened I would have been screwed!

GDZ
 
Oh lordy - if I had seen that I would have just crapped myself and run!!! Its funny you mention it but there were a few occasions when I thought I saw movement in the overgrowth, but just put it down to animals. I was on my own, so if anything had happened I would have been screwed!

GDZ

on your own, that is scarey, I have done a few bits on my own and on occasion its crossed the back of mind what could happen if say I got injured?

I was down a deep shelter in dover on my own a couple of weeks back, tottaly different atmoshpere
 
on your own, that is scarey, I have done a few bits on my own and on occasion its crossed the back of mind what could happen if say I got injured?

I was down a deep shelter in dover on my own a couple of weeks back, tottaly different atmoshpere

Yeah - I do think about that, but I'm pretty careful. I always make sure I have my phone and let the missus know where I'm going. Also, with Dover, I grew up there, so a lot of the places were my playground as a kid. I guess that makes me feel a bit more relaxed about it:)
 

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