Site Visit – Ide Hill Ammunition Park
As the war in Europe intensified and the struggle for the protection of Britain grew, so did the need for the storage of more and more ammunition. Storage predictions proved…
Site Visit – Magilligan Point
The origins of a camp at Magilligan are difficult to ascertain, as I haven’t discovered any definitive records relating to the initial construction of the camp. A number of clues…
Site Visit – Clancy Barracks, Dublin
The barracks and army ordnance buildings of Clancy Barracks are located on the south side of the River Liffy in Dublin. Constructed in around 1798 and originally known as Islandbridge…
Site Visit – RAF Detling
A photographic tour of the remaining defences.
Site Visit – RAF Greystone Radar Station
A photographic visit.
Site Visit – Cabin Hill, Belfast
A photographic visit.
Site Visit – Fort Burgoyne
A collection of photographs that were taken on a tour by the Land Trust in 2007.
North Irish Horse Camp, Antrim
Located on what is now Steeple Road PSNI Training Centre, was a 440 bed camp of the North Irish Horse. Very little is evident today of what was vacated over…
Site Visit – Ulster Folk Museum
On a rather damp and dreary day in January 2018, I took myself and a friend off to the Ulster Folk Museum, Cultra, near Holywood. The living history museum tells…
Randalstown Camp
Dissected by the M22 motorway at Randalstown, an army camp capable of housing more than 5,000 British and Irish soldiers in preparation for the trenches of France once sat, with…