new bases found,anyone near me to help?

Doing the ground work is almost as much fun as doing the explore, as far as corsham goes u have alot of info on the net that can help u out, "the human journey" is a great web site for research and maps

Then just get out there and see what u can find, best bit of advice I can give is be careful slot of the doors and slopeshafts are alarmed an the air shafts still in use will be dangerous to enter,

Other than that have fun, if u do find anything keep it to your self most people that have been there don't publicly show there pics, as for the tourist trip......!! Lol tickets are all sold out

jjandellis said:

i most certainly wasnt claiming anything as a first .......i have no ego and most definatley am a newbie in the art of exploration ....however i have been spending considerable time in corsham ...pouring over OSmaps and marking airshafts (this week they appared to be in operation ???? )..i just enjoy myself and also work on information given to me by people who used to work down there ....i know much of corsham has been documented and i do use this information to guide and fuel my interest in the area..... knowing my luck i will spend months maybee years trying to get in and they will open it as a tourist attraction ........... ..

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Much of Burlington underground is still under limited maintenance because they're trying to sell it so need to keep it in some kind of workable condition.

It's also very difficult to tell which airshaft relates to which mine in corsham, some of the mines are still active for various things so it may be something else.

I've sent you a private message too

quote marking air shafts (this week they appared to be in operation ???? ).

Air at constant warmish temperature rise up airshaft meets very cold air outside condenses forms visible water vapour thus a shaft appears to be working.Nearly all air shafts are just that, a means of ventilating an underground space using mainly natural convection currents.A few of the Corsham area shafts were chimneys for the now derelict underground boiler houses,and some used some form of fan driven air circulation ,mainly in conjunction with the air conditioning plant.

back in '89 i worked on servicing the circulation fans at Corsham, oh boy are they big!

penance said:

back in '89 i worked on servicing the circulation fans at Corsham, oh boy are they big!

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Twice the hight of me...

Yep, indeed rather huge and run by large motors with pulley and belts thru the wall to an anti chamber.
Was an odd place to work..

Enjoy what we share

Lets face it,it doesnt matter how many times others have visited a site.
If its a good enjoyable explore and seeing it with fresh eyes and interpretation,all the better.
As tommo said when youve done youre research and it all turns out to be a great explore
Theres nothing more rewarding and being able to share.
Its a quality and that combined with good feed back & a bit of banter here and there.
What more could you ask for?

jjandellis your not being attacked here mate.
But in my opinion youre coming overa bit sensitive.
So no brownie points there as it doesnt help any.
Humour ,banter ,witt.

Lets face it someone has to hold the reines and maintain standards,or its chaos
Krela & all the Mods here do a good job of that.
Ive had my legs slapped on occassion,Its all about the bigger picture.
And the pictures all thats important & it's certainly bigger than me or any individual.

oldndecaid,you bacame aware of somthing and threw it out there.
You not aware of it being known and was playing it cagey.
Thats no crime mate and understandable.
So bless ya ,
Research,research & research and then get out there quick or its bloody gone.
I was hopeing u were reffering to somwhere different.

I honestly stagged on here(Guard duty) when in the army .
RMP(Royal military police) did the location itself.
We were based at Battlesbury barracks Warminster Inf Demo BN.89/90
At the time of the summer solstice at the Henge we would be sent to carry out and practice
COPs( covert observation posts)
On what we were told were sensitive areas top side,due to the increase of footfall in the area.
IE stoner's,That's Military speak munchh for (hippies)
If we spotted anyone within these zones we would radio a fella who would turn up in a battered old lanie
and he'd demand they leave his land?
All i can remember is being eaten to death by mozzies.

enough of me sand baggin.Anyway great post,well ive enjoyed it
Its been emotional,well for some more than others

I appear to have written a small essay and feel i should bring it to an end.

Take care all and enjoy what we share together



SK

penance said:

back in '89 i worked on servicing the circulation fans at Corsham, oh boy are they big!

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skeleton key said:

jjandellis your not being attacked here mate.
But in my opinion youre coming overa bit sensitive.
So no brownie points there as it doesnt help any.
Humour ,banter ,witt.

Lets face it someone has to hold the reines and maintain standards,or its chaos
Krela & all the Mods here do a good job of that....................


...............................IE stoner's,That's Military speak munchh for (hippies)

SK

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Re: the first two paragraphs, totally agree with you.

Re: the second, what's a hippie?

Re: the small furry animal. Posting pics of your lunch before you cook it has to be against the forum rules surely.

PS That's the most I've seen you write...........ever!! I think you're turning into a Bard of some sort so this one's for you

O happy days

tommo nice pics .
god everyones goona be digging in

Munchhy, after all we have been through together,
The times we have shared i feel as ive grown as a person.
I feel almost wounded :jiggy::jiggy::arghh::jiggy::jiggy:
Sonnet & ******* ? good name for a pub by the river
SK / SN
Im not sure who iam anymore

Munchh said:

Re: the first two paragraphs, totally agree with you.

Re: the second, what's a hippie?

Re: the small furry animal. Posting pics of your lunch before you cook it has to be against the forum rules surely.

PS That's the most I've seen you write...........ever!! I think you're turning into a Bard of some sort so this one's for you

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skeleton key said:

Lets face it,it doesnt matter how many times others have visited a site.
If its a good enjoyable explore and seeing it with fresh eyes and interpretation,all the better.
As tommo said when youve done youre research and it all turns out to be a great explore
Theres nothing more rewarding and being able to share.
Its a quality and that combined with good feed back & a bit of banter here and there.
What more could you ask for?

jjandellis your not being attacked here mate.
But in my opinion youre coming overa bit sensitive.
So no brownie points there as it doesnt help any.
Humour ,banter ,witt.

Lets face it someone has to hold the reines and maintain standards,or its chaos
Krela & all the Mods here do a good job of that.
Ive had my legs slapped on occassion,Its all about the bigger picture.
And the pictures all thats important & it's certainly bigger than me or any individual.

oldndecaid,you bacame aware of somthing and threw it out there.
You not aware of it being known and was playing it cagey.
Thats no crime mate and understandable.
So bless ya ,
Research,research & research and then get out there quick or its bloody gone.
I was hopeing u were reffering to somwhere different.

I honestly stagg on here(Guard duty) when in the army .
RMP(Royal military police) did the location itself.
We were based at Battlesbury barracks Warminster Inf Demo BN.89/90
At the time of the summer solstice at the Henge we would be sent to carry out and practice
COPs( covert observation posts)
On what we were told were sensitive areas top side,due to the increase of footfall in the area.
IE stoner's,That's Military speak munchh for (hippies)
If we spotted anyone within these zones we would radio a fella who would turn up in a battered old lanie
and he'd demand they leave his land?
All i can remember is being eaten to death by mozzies.

enough of me sand baggin.Anyway great post,well ive enjoyed it
Its been emotional,well for some more than others

I appear to have written a small essay and feel i should bring it to an end.

Take care all and enjoy what we share together

SK

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I sent jjandellis a PM and we've sorted it all now mate. To be fair my reply was a bit twatish.

Given the amount of knowledge, experience and research done on here and other sites (including trawling through the records offices, freedom of information requests and other such stuff) I would be gobsmacked if there are previously unknown military bunkers in the frome/dorset/wiltshire area though.

neither sites are mentioned anywhere on here! woohoo! ime gettin excited about it now,car should be back on the road next month so will start a recon!

oldndecaid said:

neither sites are mentioned anywhere on here! woohoo! ime gettin excited about it now,car should be back on the road next month so will start a recon!

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I have the strange feeling one of the places you're talking about is chilmark...

It's worth remembering that many of us dont post up everything we do, some sites are too sensitive for public consumption. There is very little that gets past us.

Have fun exploring though, new place or not! That is what it's about after all. If you're having fun thats all that matters. You don't need to prove anything to us.

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Twice the hight of me...

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160 inch diameter[about 14 feet]and capable of moving 400,000 cu feet of air a minute,I'll let someone else do the maths for a metric conversion for the younguns on the forum.

Yup I thought Chilmark as well

krela said:

I have the strange feeling one of the places you're talking about is chilmark...

It's worth remembering that many of us dont post up everything we do, some sites are too sensitive for public consumption. There is very little that gets past us.

Have fun exploring though, new place or not! That is what it's about after all. If you're having fun thats all that matters. You don't need to prove anything to us.

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nope not chilmark! but i wouldnt mind getting in there,anyone seen the rumoured italian memorial in there? story goes that one of them droped a case of explosives and the lot went up killing over a hundred italian pow's and burying them .

Thanks chaps, Ive had a crap day and reading along the posts had a smile slowly spreading across my face. The more I visit directplaice the more I like it! Stay chilled....

oldndecaid said:

nope not chilmark! but i wouldnt mind getting in there,anyone seen the rumoured italian memorial in there? story goes that one of them droped a case of explosives and the lot went up killing over a hundred italian pow's and burying them .

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Good luck with whatever it is then, look forward to hearing about your investigations.

Tommo knows a lot about chilmark, maybe he'll share

krela said:

Tommo knows a lot about chilmark, maybe he'll share

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I am sure something will be shared one day

tommo said:

I am sure something will be shared one day

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Probably like this from Sick.
http://www.urbansickness.co.uk/RAFChilmark/index2.html

Yeah I knew he did it with a couple of friends of mine but didn't realise it was public