Ammo Case Valley, Monkton Farleigh, Wiltshire

Ammo Case Valley

Monkton Farleigh, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

Photo added by Higgypop

Visited by 15 explorers

A Second World War ammo dump, the valley was originally the entrance to Browns Folly Mine which was collapsed by the War Department.

Date added: 17th Aug 2008 | Updated: 26th Sep 2008

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Ammo Case Valley history

When the Monkton Farleigh ammunition depot closed in the early 60s, it was decided that thousands of tons of cordite was burnt. The site they used for the demolition pit was in the valley which originally lead to the main entrance to Browns Folly mine in the woods, the entrance was collapsed for security when the MOD moved in to the mine, it took the MOD four years to despose of all the cordite. The valley is a quarter of a mile long and thirty feet deep and once the MOD had finished there was packed full of empty cordite cannisters, some still remain today.

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3999

6th March 2011 14:56

Visited Monkton Farleigh with my son at the weekend & found Ammo Case Valley.Someone must have sent the the cleaners around,compared with Higgypop's picture posted less than a year ago it's almost empty.There is just a(huge)pile of shells at the mine entrance end of the valley now!

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Higgypop in reply to 3999

6th March 2011 15:32

My photo is probably about 10/11 years old now, I guess since then they've been trampled on, rusted away and buried.

Kit in reply to 3999

26th May 2011 05:43

I used to go to the Monkton Farleigh tunnels about 15years ago, you used to be able to walk around most of the underground areas acess was via district 20 down a long sloping tunnel. I believe the entrance is now blocked, but I know that the farmer is (fairly) friendly & Has (Had) acess. although I explored the area I never found Shell case valley... Wish I had! now living in Australia so a bit far to travel!
Must share HOW we located several underground sites.... we used to get old maps that showed steam railway tunnels, cross ref with modern maps... If the tunnel has been "Dissapeared" then it is probably packed with Goodies by the MOD!

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