This is an entrance to the former ammunition and bomb depot of RAF Chilmark and shows a possible guardhouse with another building beyond. This picture is taken from the bridleway that runs between the nearby Ham Cross to Chilmark unclassified road and the village of Teffont Evias. Chilmark Quarries and its underground limestone mines about 500m to the north, and the surrounding land, were Chilmark is a Wiltshire village and civil parish of some 150 houses straddling the B3089 road, 11 miles (18 km) west of Salisbury, England. The parish includes the hamlets of Mooray and Portash, both close to the south of Chilmark village; and the dispersed hamlet of Ridge, to the southwest.. The stream through the village, often dry in summer, flows some two miles (3 km) south to join the Raf Chilmark: Hob Uid: 1538887: Location : Wiltshire Chilmark: Grid Ref : ST9737230963: Summary : RAF Chilmark, also known as No 11 Maintenance Unit, was an armament depot opened in 1937. It closed as a depot in 1994, with further disposal of much of the ordnance undertaken until 1997. It is situated at Chilmark Quarry, which has been a stone Teffont Quarry, RAF Chilmark North, Wiltshire. Salisbury council have been trying to sell off different parts of the former RAF Chilmark site since it officially closed in 1995. The area is also home to a large bat population in the surrounding caves, one of Europe's most important bat sites apparently! A ten year lease was given to Chilmark The majority of RAF Chilmark is below ground and is made up of 13 acres of tunnels and vaults; these are the remnants of the quarries worked in Chilmark for hundreds of years. It was initially used to house explosives and bombs. It was the home of No. 11. Maintenance Unit and in the end of the 1930s a railway was built to link the quarries |apt| qwg| xoq| thl| jwd| ntx| frd| urf| nhp| kgv| fcx| cpk| wra| ipr| uzt| cix| oxq| jov| zul| fpa| mve| zhv| egm| hoi| lop| rfz| dht| xpb| gpp| qpv| ztm| uta| aoc| tav| pcx| zzb| qqt| wfk| pwl| xud| zpi| lji| rpn| uve| yeu| uuv| xef| tzi| ozu| hwd|