Farleigh, Wilts, Nov 2010

[sheep2405]

I'm not sure but isn't Monkton Farleigh the place the late Harry Patch (the last WW1 vet who died very recently) used to get called upon to guide surveyors round because he had such an intimate knowledge of the tunnels? Entry looks easy.... is that so?

Not good to talk about xs, im sure if you took a trip you would find out. Its well worth it.

 

[tommo]

yeah the siddings are an easy explore and wide open and its a killer on the legs to reach the top but the hole at the top doesnt go any where any more just in to deads and scrap, its blocked of from the rest of MF so u wont get any where

but its an interesting part of the history of the area and worth a visit if your passing by

 

[Incognito]

Just like tommo said the site is wide open and is a bit of a tourist spot TBH we met a family down complete with their dog lol. Its a fair old walk just to find its a brick wall that has been backfilled with carp but its still worth doing atleast once

 

[oldscrote]

Just like tommo said the site is wide open and is a bit of a tourist spot TBH we met a family down complete with their dog lol. Its a fair old walk just to find its a brick wall that has been backfilled with carp but its still worth doing atleast once

sounds a bit fishy to me back filled with carp

 

[FLEXX]

sounds a bit fishy to me back filled with carp

i was there less than a month ago did stick my head through the hole but couldnt see a great deal there are rumours that the other side is still in use by the MOD wether this is true i do not know maybe just here say?

 

[oldscrote]

i was there less than a month ago did stick my head through the hole but couldnt see a great deal there are rumours that the other side is still in use by the MOD wether this is true i do not know maybe just here say?

The M.O.D. left in the 60s it was abandoned for a while then became a museum for awhile in the 80s.It was well trashed by the pikeys for the considerable amount of copper before being taken over by Wansdyke Security as another of their secure document stores.

http://www.nettleden.com/documents/monkton-farleigh-storage/

This is a reasonably accurate history of the mine

http://www.nettleden.com/articles/monkton-farleigh-history/

and yet again a link to Nick Mc camleys site

http://www.monkton-farleigh.co.uk/sc_monktonfarleigh2.htm

 

[Incognito]

sounds a bit fishy to me back filled with carp

LOL

i was there less than a month ago did stick my head through the hole but couldnt see a great deal there are rumours that the other side is still in use by the MOD wether this is true i do not know maybe just here say?

You wont see much unless your head is 6ft long and only a few mm wide lol. The other side of the wall is used by a documents storage company, and obviously they dont want you in there.

 

[TeeJF]

I've got to go see what it's all about and I've been trying to find the place for like 5 years now! I've got my little Google earth map sorted!