Site Visit – Rifle Range, Divis
In the hills above Belfast on Divis is a disused 600 yard military firing range, constructed in 1943 most likely to accommodate training for the high numbers of American troops…
Site Visit – Signal Station, Killylane
On the hills approximately 6 miles to the north east of Derry/Londonderry is the small but abandoned signal station at Killylane. Constructed during the Second World War, the site was…
Lower Medway Pillboxes
I first published this article in 2018 when I had spent some time in Kent and after walking the River Medway around Maidstone realised that a large proportion of the…
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 – RAF Detling
[huge_it_maps id=”9″] A photographic tour of the remaining defences.
Site Visit – RAF Greystone Radar Station
A photographic visit.
Site Visit – Fort Burgoyne
A collection of photographs that were taken on a tour by the Land Trust in 2007.
Pre-OCTU Wrotham Camp
The purpose built Pre-Officer Cadet Training Unit at Wrotham Camp was reputed to be at one stage the largest training establishments in the world with up to 10,000 cadets on…
Site Visit – Mereworth Woods Ammunition Depot
Just west of RAF West Malling is a dispersed ammunition site dating from WW2. Still owned by the MOD, the forested site is a dry training area (ie; no live…