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Morning everyone,
managed to finally see this place after waiting for a long time, it was the final deep shelter around the dover area that i hadnt seen so i was pretty happy, nice shelter but stinks of wee wee up the top part and it has been really burnt out at some point but there is still some nice features down there with the pipework etc, pics are resized so dont look too good but hope there ok anyway
. i need a wide angle lens. also its now sealed up again.
Brief bit of history:
St Martin's Battery was constructed in the 1870s and mounted with three 10-inch RML guns. It is located overlooking Dover's Western Docks, in an area which would have been just inside the South Entrance of the Western Heights fortress. Directly behind the battery is the deep shelter. This was constructed originally as a main magazine to supply the battery guns, but was lengthened and turned into a deep shelter at the time of world war 2. The deep shelter is now in poor condition, many parts having suffered from smoke damage and collapse.
thank alan.
managed to finally see this place after waiting for a long time, it was the final deep shelter around the dover area that i hadnt seen so i was pretty happy, nice shelter but stinks of wee wee up the top part and it has been really burnt out at some point but there is still some nice features down there with the pipework etc, pics are resized so dont look too good but hope there ok anyway
. i need a wide angle lens. also its now sealed up again.Brief bit of history:
St Martin's Battery was constructed in the 1870s and mounted with three 10-inch RML guns. It is located overlooking Dover's Western Docks, in an area which would have been just inside the South Entrance of the Western Heights fortress. Directly behind the battery is the deep shelter. This was constructed originally as a main magazine to supply the battery guns, but was lengthened and turned into a deep shelter at the time of world war 2. The deep shelter is now in poor condition, many parts having suffered from smoke damage and collapse.
thank alan.
