WWII Cheshire: Royal Ordnance Factory Dunham-on-the-Hill Bulk Explosives Storage (6)
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WWII Cheshire: Royal Ordnance Factory Dunham-on-the-Hill Bulk Explosives Storage (6)
Image: © Mike Searle Taken: 26 Jul 2018
At times during WW2 there were as many as 8 gates used for access onto the site, with each gate having a sentry or picket post, with guards when in use, and each connected by telephone. Seen at roof level are a pair of the old telephone line insulators. This would appear to be one of the sentry posts, now standing in isolation on the edge of a field of crops Image
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Image Location
Latitude
53.259735
Longitude
-2.805707