Visit report – RAF Saxa Vord
In 1945, the Allies had narrowly won the Second World War but soon realised that a new and potentially dangerous world power was emerging. In… Read More »Visit report – RAF Saxa Vord
In 1945, the Allies had narrowly won the Second World War but soon realised that a new and potentially dangerous world power was emerging. In… Read More »Visit report – RAF Saxa Vord
An Irishman, employed on the underground fuel-storage tanks at Scapa, was accustomed, when in drink, to express I.R.A. sentiments of considerable violence, and investigations show… Read More »The Irishman
My research into locating Second World War direction-finding stations has been ongoing for a few years now. However, after back and forward emails with author… Read More »Second World War Aircraft Direction Finding Part III – Mapping the Network
Pillbox characterisation is nuanced. The adopted naming convention often refers to these hardened field defences from the Second World War to the drawing number issued… Read More »A pillbox worthy of a name?
The latter part of 2023 involved two discrete activities; I was doing some research on prefabricated Second World War accommodation structures, and I also spent… Read More »Everite Bigsix
Happy New Year! On the face of it, 2023 was an uneventful year, and it seemed to pass in record time. But a review of… Read More »2023 Review
On 21 July I published a video documenting the current state of the operations site at the old RAF Saxa Vord radar station. Within the… Read More »Saxa Vord video success!
Deep in a cavern along the Northern Defences in Gibraltar is an unassuming piece of graffiti. Written in pencil, and dated 1968, a soldier named… Read More »A Ranger’s mark in Gibraltar
Boundary stones, not to be confused with Ordnance Survey datum points, are somewhat of an enigma. Historically they delineate boundaries of military sites, however, their… Read More »Military Boundary Stones
Those of us with a passing interest in Northern Irish military history might be aware of the anti-landing poles along Murlough Beach, County Down. Now… Read More »Anti-landing obstacles at Magilligan