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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…

  • First World War, Northern Ireland, Pre-WW1, Second World War

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…

  • First World War, Pre-WW1, Republic of Ireland

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…

  • Kent, Second World War

Site Visit – RAF Detling

A photographic tour of the remaining defences.

  • Cold War, Northern Ireland, Second World War

Site Visit – RAF Greystone Radar Station

A photographic visit.

  • Miscellaneous, Northern Ireland

Site Visit – Cabin Hill, Belfast

A photographic visit.

  • Kent, Pre-WW1, Second World War, Visit Reports

Site Visit – Fort Burgoyne

A collection of photographs that were taken on a tour by the Land Trust in 2007.

  • First World War, Northern Ireland, Original Research

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…

  • Miscellaneous, Northern Ireland

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…

  • First World War, Northern Ireland, Original Research

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…

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