Browns Folly- Pit prop passage [photo heavy]

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dave_the_cave
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The dangerous route down pit prop passage

The end of pit prop passage

The surface as it appeared before the army bomb disposal clearance

Looking back down the passage

Remains of shell cases

Ammo cases

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NewStuff
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I look at that, and get the same though in my head as when I look at a tight, crawly cave...

Sod that for a game of soldiers...

Searching for the ever elusive Underground Titty Bar.

DDDWH CC

bill1503
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Being the dumb one, where is browns folly ?, and one assumes that by the amount of munitions displayed that it was used for reasons other than mining ?
Thanks

Wormster
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Browns is in Wiltshire, a large number of Bathstone Quarries were converted by the Ministry for ammuntion storage during world war 2.

Better to regret something you have done - than to regret something you have not done.

bill1503
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cheers dude

dave_the_cave
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"bill1503" wrote:
Being the dumb one, where is browns folly ?, and one assumes that by the amount of munitions displayed that it was used for reasons other than mining ?
Thanks

Information on Brown's Folly is on aditnow here
http://www.aditnow.co.uk/mines/Browns-Folly-Limestone-Mine/

The ammunition is part of the areas second world war history
- Brown's Folly is next to Monkton Farleigh see
http://www.monkton-farleigh.co.uk/sc_monktonfarleigh2.htm

Caver turned quarry explorer