Monkton Farleigh Tunnel, March 2013

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PaulPowers

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Monkton Farleigh ammunition depot utilised an old stone quarry below a plateau some 450 feet above the valley floor in which ran the main line railway that was its principal source of supply. Before the depot could be commissioned, an efficient means was need to bring in ammunition from the railway at Farleigh Down Sidings. The sidings were just over a mile from the depot as the crow flies but more than four miles by road along steep and tortuous country lanes.

According to the MOD the underground military stuff in Wiltshire doesn't exist so you're not about to look at this and the pictures don't exist.

I also looked at some other stuff in the area but my battery died in here :(

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Yep, yep, that's pretty much how it's done.
What you doing that far south anyway?
Amazingly well lit pics as usual dude, keep it up, we always enjoy these. :mrgreen:
 
some good photos there mate,always glad to see shots of this place.The ammo dump was actually up and running for some time before the tunnel was operational the siding was originally serviced by an overhead aerial ropeway the only bits of which left are a number of the concrete pylon bases such as this



the ammo dump end of the ropeway


the sidings end


I posted some info on the tunnel here

http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/mai...ighlight=monkton+farleigh+tunnel#.UUceDTexrUk
 
Really nicely lit pics, especially the first few. Went here with my boy, never made it to the end he wouldn't stop moaning, its quite a trek. Hope I didn't miss to much.
 
Looks like quite a few more of the rollers for the conveyor belt have gone :mad: 70 years old and they still spun like they were new.
 

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