The Inchindown Fuel Depot is one of a series of five such depots constructed at various locations around the country during the 1930s, as bombproof fuel oil stores for the Royal Navy. The Admiralty sold this off in 2003 I believe, and having recce'd it in the dark, and been scared off by the legendary 'Beast' ( 
) a daylight return was made with Lost, Melvin26bmx and a workmate armed with an unfeasibly bright homemade torch
The place is huge, going into the hill for a good distance.
Map:
Main entrance portal:
The view once inside :
Shadows :
There were six seperate fuel "cells" each having it's own entrance at each end, one for maintenace purposes, the other was access to the tank itself.
Each cell had a ladder to the top:
And assorted valves :
They had a measuring device as well, these were scaled in feet to give some idea of size :
In the first portal, the tunnels were a good width:
Whereas in the second, they were much narrower:
They changed to the natural sandstone further in (see coloured section of map) :
Dated 1941:
Groovy fungus though as these were the roof supports perhaps we should have been worried 
Rock to concrete transition:
This made me smile:
Daylight (and the owners
) were beckoning:
Time to go, I could have spent longer here, it was a fantastic place!
) a daylight return was made with Lost, Melvin26bmx and a workmate armed with an unfeasibly bright homemade torch The place is huge, going into the hill for a good distance.
Map:
Main entrance portal:
The view once inside :
Shadows :
There were six seperate fuel "cells" each having it's own entrance at each end, one for maintenace purposes, the other was access to the tank itself.
Each cell had a ladder to the top:
And assorted valves :
They had a measuring device as well, these were scaled in feet to give some idea of size :
In the first portal, the tunnels were a good width:
Whereas in the second, they were much narrower:
They changed to the natural sandstone further in (see coloured section of map) :
Dated 1941:
Groovy fungus
though as these were the roof supports perhaps we should have been worried
Rock to concrete transition:
This made me smile:
Daylight (and the owners
) were beckoning:
Time to go, I could have spent longer here, it was a fantastic place!
