Ottercops Moss in Northumberland has to be one of the bleakest places I have visited yet. Situated right next to the A 696 between Newcastle upon Tyne and Jedburgh, Ottercops Moss is more famous for its former Chain Home radar station.
On this particular visit I travelled with lithium. Our aim for the day was to find out more information about the light anti-aircraft gun placements which once protected this strategic site. Very little remains of the anti-airdraft positions now but we do feel that the heather and moss is hiding a lot more than we saw.
As you will see in this thread we came away with more questions than we started with!
The pics:
Ottercops Moss in all its glory. Just look at those angry clouds.
What looks like a simple manhole actually has tiled (glazed) bricks lining it.
This is the big mystery! Looks innocent enough until you look closer. Notice the shaft down which is covered with an old pallet to prevent sheep entering. The shaft is full of bones, water, some gloves, a folding shovel and other organic goo. It simply goes no-where but I don't know!
Looking closer from the other side you can see "rails" which have bent bits at the ends. I have placed my DSLR bag next to it to give a scale of size.
Closer again and you can now clearly see a concrete/brick moveable sliding cover for a bunker or something! It looks a bit like a James Bond set!
The concrete cover definately moved at one point because I saw some broken concrete and noticed a steel wheel sitting on the metal rail. It looked like the cover could move in two directions. The wheel:
This concrete thingy looks to us as if it possibly housed a missile but surely not? We can find very little info on this site and would love to hear any info. Lithium has more shots and I'm sure he will post more on here. Oh! - did I mention? Should you choose to visit this site be very aware of the snakes that frequent the site.
On this particular visit I travelled with lithium. Our aim for the day was to find out more information about the light anti-aircraft gun placements which once protected this strategic site. Very little remains of the anti-airdraft positions now but we do feel that the heather and moss is hiding a lot more than we saw.
As you will see in this thread we came away with more questions than we started with!
The pics:
Ottercops Moss in all its glory. Just look at those angry clouds.
What looks like a simple manhole actually has tiled (glazed) bricks lining it.
This is the big mystery! Looks innocent enough until you look closer. Notice the shaft down which is covered with an old pallet to prevent sheep entering. The shaft is full of bones, water, some gloves, a folding shovel and other organic goo. It simply goes no-where but I don't know!
Looking closer from the other side you can see "rails" which have bent bits at the ends. I have placed my DSLR bag next to it to give a scale of size.
Closer again and you can now clearly see a concrete/brick moveable sliding cover for a bunker or something! It looks a bit like a James Bond set!
The concrete cover definately moved at one point because I saw some broken concrete and noticed a steel wheel sitting on the metal rail. It looked like the cover could move in two directions. The wheel:
This concrete thingy looks to us as if it possibly housed a missile but surely not? We can find very little info on this site and would love to hear any info. Lithium has more shots and I'm sure he will post more on here. Oh! - did I mention? Should you choose to visit this site be very aware of the snakes that frequent the site.
I won't do it though.
