Raf Acklington VHF Site and a couple of pillboxes

Great Pic's as usual, Been hoping all weekend that someone was going to post more pillboxes to drool over, really like the loophole wall. Nice find mate.

Great report, odd how cows tend to come over to investiage. Nice to see you have stingers round your was as well.

Top work that man, well done

Excellent and informative post as always !! Never seen a sandbag style pillbox before. You certainly have more of a variety of pillboxes up t' north !!

Cows are guaranteed to blow your cover every time without fail

Nice set of pics mate Didnt think it would be long before you got that todo done

cheers guys glad you enjoyed them the third pillbox in this line is a sandbag one as well but not is quite as good condition and there is also a defended building close by as well. I now know how to get to them now so thats for next time. We do get a good mix of pillboxes round this way but I'm still yet to find a type 27 and that is bugging the s**t out of me because I've never seen one in the flesh so to speak. Rich mate I had to do the VHF site after we were looking for it the other night and I couldn't wait. I have devised a plan to get the two remaining pillboxes at raf acklington as well so watch this space lol. The guard cows were at the other side of the field when I went in and I'd totally forgot about them till I was coming out of the blast shelter then it was a case of heart attack followed by the thought of I'm in a brick lined building with only one way in or out and the cows are there if they decide to come in here I'll be crushed. lol luckily for me they didn't.

Interesting. There's a near-identical structure to the radio set house on the hill above Aberystwyth which used to be part of the Radar station there. I'd had it marked down as a barrack building, but a radio set house would make more sense in context - there's also a building nearby which might have served as the generator hut, but no blast shelter:

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Great report and interesting details, thanks for posting.

The Archivist said:

Interesting. There's a near-identical structure to the radio set house on the hill above Aberystwyth which used to be part of the Radar station there. I'd had it marked down as a barrack building, but a radio set house would make more sense in context - there's also a building nearby which might have served as the generator hut, but no blast shelter:

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Great report and interesting details, thanks for posting.

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That building is nearly identical and it's very probable that the other one is the generator building. I'd say it's a VHF station. Think your mystery is solved TA

jonney said:

I'm still yet to find a type 27 and that is bugging the s**t out of me

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The bad news is the nearest ones to you are at Drone Hill CHL station in The Scottish Borders North of Berwick-upon-Tweed. The good news is they are probably the best preserved and most complete set in the country. Maybe a Dirty weekend away for you and Mrs Jonney? (I'm always covered in crap when I come out of a pillbox).

cptpies said:

The bad news is the nearest ones to you are at Drone Hill CHL station in The Scottish Borders North of Berwick-upon-Tweed. The good news is they are probably the best preserved and most complete set in the country. Maybe a Dirty weekend away for you and Mrs Jonney? (I'm always covered in crap when I come out of a pillbox).

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the borders are only about an hour and a half from here mate so cheers for the heads up another site on the todo list

jonney said:

............................................................The guard cows were at the other side of the field when I went in and I'd totally forgot about them till I was coming out of the blast shelter then it was a case of heart attack followed by the thought of I'm in a brick lined building with only one way in or out and the cows are there if they decide to come in here I'll be crushed. lol luckily for me they didn't.

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I'm familiar with this situation jon. you're never really quite sure what they might do, young cows particularly, and you wouldn't want to panic them in an enclosed space.

Sheep move in the opposite direction and are almost as good at blowing your cover.

Quality report mate, thanks.

Munchh said:

I'm familiar with this situation jon. you're never really quite sure what they might do, young cows particularly, and you wouldn't want to panic them in an enclosed space.

Sheep move in the opposite direction and are almost as good at blowing your cover.

Quality report mate, thanks.

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aint that the truth mate