It's not every day they dig up a WW2 tank next to your workplace.
This is not an explore, and if this isn't worthy of a report let me know and I will stick the pics up in the general section. I just thought I'd post them up as some of you may find it interesting, and you can see it whenever you want if you are in the area.
Back in May I had 3 very repetitive days where everyone who walked into brewery said "Oh did you know they are digging up a..." Yes I already know FFS!!! Roll on Sunday, H and I meet up with some mates for a drink and we take a wander up with the dog to see what the fuss is about. After grabbing a few pics the heavens opened so we scurried off to the pub again.
Days later I was leaving work and to my amazement they were moving the tank with the smallest crane that I have ever seen. Ah well, they are taking it away. Thank Christ I can finally stop having the same chat with everyone. Next day I am driving in at 6am and it is still there, and the turret has been placed on top. It is still there if you are ever in the area and fancy a look.
The Canadian Army, who buried this tank along with another, used the surrounding area for training. They used a fort based up at the top of the hill (demolished now) of what was once Denbies Farm before being bought and turned into a vineyard. They were based up at Headly Court, which now rehabilitates injured soldiers, and had a camp up at Dunley Hill - a small amount of which still stands today, Gromr123 did a report on it. The area is used for farm storage now and stinks of dung and silage (or it did the few times I have been) and a lot of the Nissen huts have been flattened. Sadly there is not a lot left now. They had a few rifle ranges near by too.
This Covenanter tank excavation was part of a new series commissioned by History Channel and was dug up by WW2 enthusiast Rick Wedlock. It is one of two tanks buried on site by the Canadian Army, the other being dug up in the 70's.
(Images from Denbies website)
Some pics from after the excavation:
And some early morning pics taken just after it was moved and the turret places on top:
Thanks for looking!
This is not an explore, and if this isn't worthy of a report let me know and I will stick the pics up in the general section. I just thought I'd post them up as some of you may find it interesting, and you can see it whenever you want if you are in the area.
Back in May I had 3 very repetitive days where everyone who walked into brewery said "Oh did you know they are digging up a..." Yes I already know FFS!!! Roll on Sunday, H and I meet up with some mates for a drink and we take a wander up with the dog to see what the fuss is about. After grabbing a few pics the heavens opened so we scurried off to the pub again.
Days later I was leaving work and to my amazement they were moving the tank with the smallest crane that I have ever seen. Ah well, they are taking it away. Thank Christ I can finally stop having the same chat with everyone. Next day I am driving in at 6am and it is still there, and the turret has been placed on top. It is still there if you are ever in the area and fancy a look.
The Canadian Army, who buried this tank along with another, used the surrounding area for training. They used a fort based up at the top of the hill (demolished now) of what was once Denbies Farm before being bought and turned into a vineyard. They were based up at Headly Court, which now rehabilitates injured soldiers, and had a camp up at Dunley Hill - a small amount of which still stands today, Gromr123 did a report on it. The area is used for farm storage now and stinks of dung and silage (or it did the few times I have been) and a lot of the Nissen huts have been flattened. Sadly there is not a lot left now. They had a few rifle ranges near by too.
This Covenanter tank excavation was part of a new series commissioned by History Channel and was dug up by WW2 enthusiast Rick Wedlock. It is one of two tanks buried on site by the Canadian Army, the other being dug up in the 70's.
(Images from Denbies website)
Some pics from after the excavation:
And some early morning pics taken just after it was moved and the turret places on top:
Thanks for looking!
