There's loads of these dotted around the Dover area. This one is one of the better ones in my opinion, and is one of the least reported so it would seem, mainly because it can be tricky to find if you don't know where it is (where as some of the others are easy to just stumble across)
They were...
After a quick text to Wevsky one bright sunny Saturday morning Dover bound we went, Was a really laid back easy going visit the place is so quiet its eery !
History, a bit scarce to say the least but heres what little I could find;
During a new fear of invasion from Napoleon III two new dry...
Thanks to Monk for posting this and meeting up with us i must admit i nearly had a little sex wee when i saw this place.It is even better in real life and worth the efoort..
in attendance ,Myself Urbanginger,SpaceInvader, Fortknox0, Rookinella ,lawrence Monk and canute..
Was a good start to a...
Brief bit of history copied from the net...
South Flank Casemates, Dover: During a new fear of invasion from Napoleon III two new dry moats where added to the existing citadel defences. The northern and the southern moat both had their own casemates built. Between these there was also a...
Big Shout To Ratfink And OliverGT for letting us know and for all the hard work and effort they put in. And for the ever so useful intel!
Visited with Space Invader and Obscurity…
This was my second of the Clapham Shelters and didn’t spend as much time exploring this one as we did Clapham...
A magnificent symmetrical pair of Grade II listed gate lodges located at the South gate of the Briggens House Hotel in Roydon
The hotel itself is undergoing a refurb and is currently occupied by the caretaker
Description on the British Listed Buildings website is thus...
Gates and a pair of...
Right the evening was arranged by Obscurity and myslef Frosty Mr Fro joined him for a wander round southforelands ,the original plan being to visit both shelters both plotting rooms and the 4 magazines,as it happens we did the first set and decided to go elsewhere!headed onto oil mills west...
Another successful trip, another means of access, another huge section of mine explored. Unfortunately I didn't bring the big torch, so we weren't able to get the best pics but will post anyway.
Middleton mine stretches for over 20 miles, with insane roof heights and passages that stretch off...
South Hook fort was built between 1859 and 1865 as a result of the proposals of the 1858 Comittee, consisting of a 2 storey horseshoe shaped barracks with four foot thick walls behind a 20 gun battery facing out to sea.
It was used in 1886 during the "Milford haven experiment" as part of a...
That was an awesome explore, had some fun until the scum turned up.
Here's some of mine, bear in mind it was getting dark whilst we were there so the pics are poor.
Bible found under the floor
Hood_mad going up the bell tower
Looking down
Up to the second floor
Me on...
CS, RD and Hood_Mad had been the week before and I'd been badgering Hood all week to go and he finally succumbed. On this explore was Hood_mad, Bone_mad and myself.
We first went to see 8X7, which is a fantastic experience, we followed the tunnel, past some spectacular collapses (deliberate???)...