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Report - South Foreland Deep Shelter; Dover; Oct 17

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Calamity Jane

i see beauty in the unloved, places & things
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South Foreland Deep Shelter

South Foreland Battery occupied a key
position on the White Cliffs between Dover and the village of St. Margaret's. It was built at the beginning of WW2 and consisted of four 9.2" guns on a large site with many auxiliary buildings. The majority of the surface buildings have now been demolished but many underground structures still survive. The magazines for No.1 and No.4 guns were located in underground reinforced concrete rooms; No.2 and No.3 guns were served by buried surface magazines. Two deep underground shelters were built in 1941 and take the form of long parallel tunnels accessed by inclined entrances on the surface, lined with corrugated steel sheeting throughout. Separate underground Fortress and Battery Plotting Rooms also exist on the site, but have been heavily vandalised.
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The Explore.

This was my second of the day. South Forelands. Seemed right as St margarets has such a connection to this area, and South Forelands guns helped saved St Margarets during the 1941 war. Having a heavier gun placement. Plotting rooms, and even living quarters. The day still bright and warm. Woodlands nice and quiet. Remote locations scattered around this area. It was a pleasant surprise to find more than one deep shelter here.

First stop. Magazine for guns 2&3
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Next was South Foreland deep shelter

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Next a brief plotting room

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Outside shot of plotting room
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Second deep shelter

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Thanks for viewing/reading.

We also covered the other gun magazines, the burned out living quarters. What a great explore of this area. 3 gun magazines, plotting rooms, living quarters, and 2 deep shelters.




 

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Wevsky

A Predisposed Tourist
Regular User
Both the deep shelters are pretty decent i have to say and the graffiti in the magazine i actually like,nicely done mate
 

Calamity Jane

i see beauty in the unloved, places & things
Regular User
Both the deep shelters are pretty decent i have to say and the graffiti in the magazine i actually like,nicely done mate


Thanks Wevsky, finally did some more Dover bits , with some nods and winks from certain people on here. Wondered if you would see them. I did an crazy day in Dover, god I ache lol. But thankyou, they were amazing :thumb
 

Calamity Jane

i see beauty in the unloved, places & things
Regular User
Glad you contacted that chap and got over ,well worth a look


I was going to but a certain member on here, I who I went with must take the credit for it. He was a diamond on Friday, he arranged the key, drove to me, we did St Margarets, South Forelands and Ashley Rd in Epsom all in one day. But yes your pms have helped me or us greatly and we are looking at a few more bits, some you mentioned again. So betweeen you, Obs, and Otefsu ( who is a blinding good bloke too) im getting there :D
 

Wevsky

A Predisposed Tourist
Regular User
lool used to be ok, bit rusty. Oh dear, loom or engine?

It's all just keeping it looking and running sweet,mechanically sound as a pound,You never know i may be able to get out again one of these days,there has been a lot of local stuff pop open in the last year or so that ive been out the game
 

Calamity Jane

i see beauty in the unloved, places & things
Regular User
It's all just keeping it looking and running sweet,mechanically sound as a pound,You never know i may be able to get out again one of these days,there has been a lot of local stuff pop open in the last year or so that ive been out the game


Well your area I was in last night lol. So a mini trip to a local one maybe after christmas though. So you can get back quickly if needed
 
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