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After finding this pillbox the other day
[ame]http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/showthread.php?t=21568[/ame]
I thought another wander was in order and I came up with this beauty.Not sure what you'd call it,it has embrasures like a pill box and yet it's on 2 levels and one embrasure looks out into a shallow concrete pit.The 2 levels are connected by a hole about foot square.The upper level is well cared for and has had a lick of paint recently and is swept out,although some tit has tagged it already whilst the lower level is a bit dank.Another curiosity was evidence of a toilet in the lower level which means that there must have been some seriously deep drains there this is evidenced by a small drain hole at the bottom of the steps leading to the lower level.anyway enough waffle,on with the pics.
position is
51-23-37-03 north
02-17-13-51 west
it is just visible on Google earth
1 first sighting
2 front view
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6 steps down to upper level
7interiors of upper level
8 the square hole to lower level
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10 embrasure pointing into shallow concrete pit outside
11 the pit.... any ideas?
12 the square hole connecting through to upper level
13 steps to lower level
14light fitting on steps
15 the lower level
16 the loo
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18drain at bottom of lower level steps
whilst up at Farleigh I also took a few other pics the next three are of one of the bases for a pylon that supported the aerial ropeway that ran from the ammo dump down to Farleigh sidings and was in use till the tunnel was built and kept on standby afterwards in case of a breakdown in the tunnel.There are at least 8 of these bases left in a straight line
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next up is another pillbox long range shot this time.I know the chap who has the small holding it's on but he wasn't in and I don't want to go upsetting his animals but will get this one another day
22 data base number EDOB 11868
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a quick shot of main east building the reason the three pillboxes were built
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and finally a then now shot of the coal yard that fed the boilers that raised the steam that the was used in the air conditioning plant in the ammo dump
25 then
26now
[ame]http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/showthread.php?t=21568[/ame]
I thought another wander was in order and I came up with this beauty.Not sure what you'd call it,it has embrasures like a pill box and yet it's on 2 levels and one embrasure looks out into a shallow concrete pit.The 2 levels are connected by a hole about foot square.The upper level is well cared for and has had a lick of paint recently and is swept out,although some tit has tagged it already whilst the lower level is a bit dank.Another curiosity was evidence of a toilet in the lower level which means that there must have been some seriously deep drains there this is evidenced by a small drain hole at the bottom of the steps leading to the lower level.anyway enough waffle,on with the pics.
position is
51-23-37-03 north
02-17-13-51 west
it is just visible on Google earth
1 first sighting
2 front view
3
4
5
6 steps down to upper level
7interiors of upper level
8 the square hole to lower level
9
10 embrasure pointing into shallow concrete pit outside
11 the pit.... any ideas?
12 the square hole connecting through to upper level
13 steps to lower level
14light fitting on steps
15 the lower level
16 the loo
17
18drain at bottom of lower level steps
whilst up at Farleigh I also took a few other pics the next three are of one of the bases for a pylon that supported the aerial ropeway that ran from the ammo dump down to Farleigh sidings and was in use till the tunnel was built and kept on standby afterwards in case of a breakdown in the tunnel.There are at least 8 of these bases left in a straight line
19
20
21
next up is another pillbox long range shot this time.I know the chap who has the small holding it's on but he wasn't in and I don't want to go upsetting his animals but will get this one another day
22 data base number EDOB 11868
23
a quick shot of main east building the reason the three pillboxes were built
24
and finally a then now shot of the coal yard that fed the boilers that raised the steam that the was used in the air conditioning plant in the ammo dump
25 then
26now
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