Farleigh Down Sidings

[oldscrote]

Cpt Pies !!
.I have a feeling that one on this site may have been recently demo'd

There was a pill box in the field opposite the water tower that was blown up in the 80s the bits were still there last I looked

I went up to Farleigh the other day to look to see what was left.The WW2 water towers have been demo.d

This is where they were.



The field with the blown up pill box looks like this.Neck high in brambles and stingers,shame cos buried over the back are a pair of concrete tanks for fire fighting use.They are clearly visible on the satellite picture as strangely is the water tower

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q=monkton+farleigh&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Monkton+Farleigh,+Wiltshire,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.391745,-2.287543&spn=0.001848,0.005407&t=h&z=18



On the plus point at the front of Main West building is this lovely pillbox,its on secure land so no close ups.The back and roof originally had an earth cover that was removed in the 80s





This photo shows a an original capped 50 ft pre conversion airshaft that we used ti use to gain access to the M.O.D. below Its very close to main east entrance and is now very secure



http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q=monkton+farleigh&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Monkton+Farleigh,+Wiltshire,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.393725,-2.284435&spn=0.000924,0.001682&t=h&z=19

 

[Newage]

Pill boxes on top of Monkton Farleigh CAD

Time to come out of the wood work.

Just a few more pictures from me.

On top of the CAD there is a small reservoir and this little baby stands to the south. Note the very thich blast wall and the steps leading down in to the pill box.

It's dry inside and still has the rail to hang a light cover over the gun ports.

Next up is this pill box in the hedgerow leading to the main gate.

Cheers Newage

 

[Newage]

End of the line

Oh just so you know we did both get to the end of the entrance tunnel.

Cheers Newage & Fluffy

 

[night crawler]

Nice one guy's

 

[cptpies]

That's a classic VMG emplacement Newage, straight to the FW plan by the looks of it. Got a grid ref for it and the other one?