Brassington/Longcliffe aircraft watchtower, Derbyshire.

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Kaputnik

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In april this year, i went to have a closer look at somewhere i've driven past loads of times and allways wondered about,
(any further info on this place would be great)
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an aircraft watchtower, i'm assuming WW2,
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It's located at SK226 552
view inside, lower floor room....
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view to the west,
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the pic below is of a small room at the top of the steps, which are very close together (just 1 brick apart) and just deep enough to get your toes onto, handrail virtually falling off...
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the view to the west is great,from a small window in the tiny upstairs shelter room, a round hole in the ceiling corner may be (i'm just guessing) where a chimney from a stove may have exited, i can vouch that it gets BLEAK up here in winter, as a mate used to rent a workshop nearby,
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below is the upper platform area with some sort of mount in the centre for a table or viewing scope??
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finally, this view of the tower, from the nearby road. as much of this is un-educated guesswork, any suggestions, corrections, on my thoughts about this great site are very welcome! thanks for looking.
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Nice, it certainly looks WWII era, those window-frames are classic MOD architecture!

Was there an ROC post nearby by any chance?
 
yes, sore point!!
found out the next day that there is an ROC post just 150 yds away!
will visit again tho at some point and get to both:)
 
:lol:

Aye, it has that look about it, it's always worth looking about :mrgreen:
 
i know what you mean about the handrail mate i nearly fell off when i tried to grab it.
Can't believe you missed the roc post mate you can't miss it. if you look towards the buildings across the road its in the mid ground
 
i know what you mean about the handrail mate i nearly fell off when i tried to grab it.
Can't believe you missed the roc post mate you can't miss it. if you look towards the buildings across the road its in the mid ground

near the fenced off electric substation ?
 
That's a really unusual find. Hope someone can come up with something about this as it's somewhat interesting and a bit of a mystery, methinks! Nice one! :)
 
yes, sore point!!
found out the next day that there is an ROC post just 150 yds away!
will visit again tho at some point and get to both:)

The ROC Post is locked mate, TnM and myself looked late last year, the locking mechanism is damaged and wont open unless you physically rip it off which isnt a good idea.
 

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