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tongueplough is from England (South West). He has been a member of the site since May 2009. |
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He is interested in quarries, mines, caves, drains, tunnels, derelict building, potholing, asylums and pillboxes.
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 |  anyone got any idea why the third floor is all closed off and so closely... [read] |  | | | | You have splet concrete incorrectly on many occasions in this text. | | | | | No tours too much asbestos contamination now [read] | | | |  | Yeah.... it's called Farleigh Down Tunnel. You can find more info... [read] | | | |  | has anyone explored the underground shaft that runs from Box to monkton... [read] | | | |
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| Featured venue: Brean Down Fort |
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The fort was built between 1864 and 1871 on the recommendations of the 1859 Royal Commission. Originally armed with seven 7" RMLs, it was disarmed in 1901, but rearmed with two 6"...
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 Brean Down Fort
The fort was built between 1864 and 1871 on the recommendations of the 1859 Royal Commission. Originally armed with seven 7" RMLs, it was disarmed in 1901, but rearmed with two 6" ex-naval guns during World War II. Recently restored and opened to the public by the National Trust. [more] |  Graham's Grovel
An old stone quarry haulage way running from the converted ammunition depot of area of Monkton Farleigh through to the old abandoned stone workings of Browns Folly Mine. [more] |  Stockwell Deep Level Shelter
During the Second World War eight deep level shelters were built underneath stations on the Northern Line. The Stockwell shelter was completed in 1942 and was used as a public shelter for a year in 1944. The shelter is now used as document archiving warehouse. [more] |  Primary Network Control Center
To the Western end of Tunnel Quarry was an area which was the proposed number 1 district as part of the ammo stores, however due to a severe geological fault this area was never developed by Royal Engineers however the air ministry did make use of it 1943 when they converted it in to South West Contol, a military communications center which opperated up until the 1990s. [more] |  Central Ammunitions Depot
CAD is spread over four seperate quarries in the Corsham area, Monkton Farleigh Quarry is in part used for secure holding by Wansdyke Security. Tunnel Quarry is still used by the MOD. Ridge Quarry has been abandonned. Eastlays Quarry is a commercial site used for wine storage. [more] |
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 Hi! I read on a BBC Website that that Steve Higgins gained access to Box quarry between two huge bath stone boulders. Does anyone know where this is?
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Sun 21 Jun 2009 21:43
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