Frontline Ulster Map Project
This is the current map project KML file (zipped), dated 27 April 2021 containing 1,099 markers covering pre-1900 fortifications through to those used during Operation Banner. The current version is…
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
Selecting a marker will bring up a link with the name and OSGB Grid Reference of the location; click on the link and you will be taken to an image/s…
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
A photographic tour of the remaining defences.
RAF Greystone Radar Station
A photographic visit.
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…
Military Stones
Military 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 use is not consistent…
Site Visit – Maunsell Sea Forts
A total of three sea forts under the control of the Army were constructed in 1941/42 to protect the vital shipping lane and air corridor along the River Thames which…
Battery Observation Post – DRF
Often found in coastal artillery forts, this concrete pedestal would have been home to a Depression Range Finder (DRF), an instrument designed in the 1880s used to calculate the distance…