HMS Royal Arthur, Corsham

[Oxygen Thief]

A few weeks back, Lillimouse, Phil and myself went on an evening jaunt to HMS Royal Arthur, an abandoned training camp in North Wiltshire. This used to be a Royal navy leadership school.

There's one thing has been bugging me... these holes cut in the walls...

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y245/lillimouse/other/hmstriangle.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y245/lillimouse/other/hmstriangle2.jpg


They have been cut very recently with what must have been a very large petrol cutter, so fresh the dust was still there. The holes themselves are generally pointless, offering no more access than was already available.

Personally, I think they are something to do with the police, maybe police dogs.

What do you think?

[Oxygen Thief]

Not worth a trip on it's own, but if you're in the area it's worthwhile. After all, it's a nice big derelict site in the middle of nowhere.

Lillimouse, never be without a map again...

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b266/cjwinternet/Royal%20Arthur/th_royal_arthur_map.jpg (http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b266/cjwinternet/Royal%20Arthur/royal_arthur_map.jpg)

[Oxygen Thief]

http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&X=385000.999993384&Y=168000.881380563&width=500&height=300&gride=385099.999993384&gridn=168199.881380563&srec=0&coordsys=gb&db=grid&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=&pc=&advanced=&local=&localinfosel=&kw=&inmap=&table=&ovtype=&keepicon=true&zm=0&out.x=5&out.y=6&scale=10000

Give me a shout mate, might tag along.

[naturals]

I went on a quick recce of this place this afternoon. It wasn't really worth me starting a new thread so here are a few pictures I took...

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/433801535_a6f519feca.jpg?v=0

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/171/433801559_fc1dafbf69.jpg?v=0

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/433801585_4df12ad973.jpg?v=0

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/174/433801525_a1742b5a7d.jpg?v=0

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/182/433801581_ed619f5312.jpg?v=0

The place is in quite a state and covered in Graffiti (some very good indeed, some not so). I was amazed at the size - I didn't go into any of the buildings (I was put off by the asbestos roofing signs) but it still took me over an hour to do a quick lap.