Any period, so that’s Iron Age hill forts right up to modern ROC bunkers.
To avoid duplicating a previous theme, keep to anything built with a military defensive purpose, not war memorials.
Keep it to fixed structures as well. I’ve got ideas for doing vehicle related themes in the future.
cheers, nae shortage of castles or military stuff around me.
House is built on an old airfield and early years playground was a castle 😆
Just time in daylight hrs this week will be the problem ❗
Not the most exciting war relic’s collection (or photo’s) but we are in the middle of the country, so pillboxes are quite rare….
Spigot mortar or Blacker Bombard mount (next to the a bridge entering the village, it’s to the left of the building) Kinver Pumping station by z1ppy2, on Flickr
Close up so you can actually see it (there a stainless steel pivot mount on the very top just sticking out of the ivy) Kinver Spigot Mortar Mount by z1ppy2, on Flickr
Just over the other side from that (the outside face of the fort, in it’s external ditch) is this WW2 observation post, used by the Home guard (observation corp’s?) to spot for german bombing raids, so I’m told. Kinver edge WW2 Observation Post by z1ppy2, on Flickr
and the pièce de résistance, Drakelow Tunnels complex /WW2 Drakelow Underground Dispersal Factory (shadow factory)/ RGHQ Regional Seat of Government (RSG9).
Sealed tunnel entrance (tunnel 1 ?)
I’ve included these (below) because I got them all on the same ride…
Annoyingly I found some public art round the back of the generator room (didn’t know it was there for Graham’s thread the other week) Just another tag by z1ppy2, on Flickr
again I meant to add take a picture of this for the monuments thread the other week, and it’s actually ontop of the bunker plot Richard Baxter’s Pillar nr Kinver by z1ppy2, on Flickr
Right then. I’ve been lurking on the edge of these weekly posts for a while now (nearly posted a pic of my bike with a water bottle on the seat for the underwater one but thought that was a bit cheeky for my first go). Anyway, an old fella I used to work with about 10 years ago told me about this place so A slight detour on 1 of my regular routes and there it was.
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It’s in a farmers field just outside Swindon and apparently it’s quite rare because it’s built so far above ground.
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Well here’s tonight’s offering. Looks like my night rides are becoming geared round this photo thread these days!
Pillbox near Chapeltown.
mmmm! yep i had noticed, i am just waiting for the photo challenge with bike next to naked ladies or bike in a nice warm sunny place challenge. Now that would be a challenge, was a bit like a covert mission last night “sure theres a path down here”
[img]http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5099/5476447628_cc12f7018f.jpg[/img][img]http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5297/5476447402_962d3a5721.jpg[/img][img]http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5136/5476446968_5621fb846a.jpg[/img]Here’s this weeks offering, I couldn’t get inside to take photo’s as they don’t open until 11am in the Winter.The history of this bunker starts way back in world war 2 as a starfish site confusing enemy bombers and undoubtedly saved many lives. In the 1950s Hack Green was converted into a nuclear bunker for early warning of missile attack and for post attack co-ordination and government. Also known as Mersey Radar it provided safe flight paths for military air traffic until the end of the cold war period. The history of the area goes much further back and there have been many conflicts from civil war skirmishes and Viking raids.