Block Fen Cottage/ Stabbles/ Barn/ Pillbox

[Nikokas]

While going on a Goose Hunt looking for a place that no longer exists, and insulting my own intelligence, I found this place.
It is an odd mix of Residential/Industrial Site with new, fully functional Warehouses built literally in the meddle of it !!!
No history on the place ... So on with the photos...

The cottage:


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(water on the lens,ups!!!)


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Anyone knows how you call this "thingy" ??? Don't even know how to call it in Portuguese ...


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Partially in use stables :


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The barn (being restored) :


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And now the "piece de resistance" (don't forget the french accent) !!!


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Everyone seems to find chairs I have a tendency to find Bathtubs

2 farming fields ahead I also found a Pillbox ...


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The entrance


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Inside


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The usual proof of "been there done that"


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I advice a Jeep if anyone goes around there ... My car went from dark green to completely brown as there is no road, just mud, mud and more mud !!!

Hope you enjoyed

 

[and7barton]

I guess that's a "Nissen Hut".

 

[krela]

Yeah it is, a bunch of them by the look of it.

 

[Nikokas]

Yeah it is, a bunch of them by the look of it.

Yes, 3 of them ... the one shown in the photos is the only one kind of derelict !!! The other 2 looked more "recent" !!!

Thanks for the info

 

[oldscrote]

hmmm pillbox, nissen huts, concrete roadway, maybe old RAF/USAF base

 

[Nikokas]

hmmm pillbox, nissen huts, concrete roadway, maybe old RAF/USAF base

Maybe ...
That is a clue I could use to try find out more about the place !!!
Thanks

 

[flyboys90]

It does look like the edge of a airfield,love the swaying!! barn ace pics.

 

[Nikokas]

It does look like the edge of a airfield,love the swaying!! barn ace pics.

Kidding around there is a sky diving field near by with some old buildings ...
One never knows, maybe there os a reason why they're located there...

 

[smiler]

Well done for spotting the PB, nice set of pics, most enjoyable, Thanks

 

[Nikokas]

Well done for spotting the PB, nice set of pics, most enjoyable, Thanks

I always have an eye on the road and the other one on the surroundings, don't know how I haven't hit something yet
Thanks!!!

Até já!!!

 

[Badger]

My father used to take my brother & I to some fishing lakes further along the road from here. There used to be an abandoned farm house that still had the tiled floor, fireplaces & cast iron range in place that was pulled down about 10 years ago. There also used to be a concrete works past the fishing lakes, which I think was closed down in the mid 90's. I'm sure that's all fenced off now & despite growing up near here I have no idea whether it's still there or how you would get to it.

 

[Nikokas]

Yeah, I saw the lakes on my quest to find something that no longer exist...

Até já!!!

 

[steve2109]

good stuff mate, keep em coming