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BB
13-12-2008, 04:18 PM
This for me was the best iv done to date, i went here as a cadet many a time (see my other post)
So it brought a lot of memories back :cry: ha ha!
Anyway on to the show :thumb



Bit of info

Situated on 90 acres of land at the entrance to Glen Artney, in the Perthshire countryside, Cultybraggan Camp has a broad history dating back to 1939 when it originally opened as No. 21 War Training Camp. Currently consisting of just under 100 Nissen Huts, Cultybraggan was known as a “black camp” and housed around 4,000 “Category A” Prisoners of War, who were thought to be the most extreme Nazi prisoners at the time, requiring a maximum security camp.
In 1945 the camp was disbanded, only to reopen as an Army Training Centre in 1949. Apart from an area of huts to the Western side of the camp, which were demolished in the 1970s to make way for a firing range, the rest of the Nissen huts remain, having had the original WW2 Pot-Bellied stoves swapped for LPG powered heaters at some point. Most traces of the camp’s former role have now disappeared, with the exception to the isolation block, which was converted into a storage facility.


Think we are getting close :gun
http://i324.photobucket.com/albums/k356/Broughtonboy2008/DSCF2791.jpg

The camp
http://i324.photobucket.com/albums/k356/Broughtonboy2008/DSCF2825.jpg

6th one in was the billet i stayed in
http://i324.photobucket.com/albums/k356/Broughtonboy2008/DSCF2826.jpg

inside the billet :D (check the other post out for the originals)
http://i324.photobucket.com/albums/k356/Broughtonboy2008/DSCF2804.jpg

Ring a ding ding!!!
http://i324.photobucket.com/albums/k356/Broughtonboy2008/DSCF2793.jpg

The NAFFI
http://i324.photobucket.com/albums/k356/Broughtonboy2008/DSCF2873.jpg

http://i324.photobucket.com/albums/k356/Broughtonboy2008/DSCF2872.jpg

http://i324.photobucket.com/albums/k356/Broughtonboy2008/DSCF2801.jpg

Inside the mess hall
http://i324.photobucket.com/albums/k356/Broughtonboy2008/DSCF2820.jpg

The isolation block, i dread to think what happend to POW's in here
http://i324.photobucket.com/albums/k356/Broughtonboy2008/DSCF2811.jpg

http://i324.photobucket.com/albums/k356/Broughtonboy2008/DSCF2814.jpg

Grass
http://i324.photobucket.com/albums/k356/Broughtonboy2008/DSCF2829.jpg

BA
13-12-2008, 04:26 PM
A few of mine...

Outside the huts
http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk206/BuriedAlive_666/DSC0088.jpg

http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk206/BuriedAlive_666/DSC00885.jpg

BB on the range!! :)
http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk206/BuriedAlive_666/DSC00901.jpg

Trying to take a sneaky peak!! (Shame there are no women left!!) :p
http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk206/BuriedAlive_666/DSC0090.jpg

The isolation block (Jail)
http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk206/BuriedAlive_666/DSC0089.jpg

skin
13-12-2008, 09:42 PM
Love the NAFFI. Did u get any more pics of the murals?

KingElvis
13-12-2008, 11:48 PM
That looks a most excellent place, nice work ;)

ERNIE99_UK
14-12-2008, 12:30 PM
Even though its disused, its in a great condition still. Be a shame if they demolish it as its a piece of ww2 pow history.

BB
16-12-2008, 01:20 AM
Even though its disused, its in a great condition still. Be a shame if they demolish it as its a piece of ww2 pow history.

Indeed, if i could i would buy the place! ha ha

BB
07-01-2009, 04:45 PM
havent been there for YEARS!!!!
great pics looks like a nice explore!

Your not the only one there mate! last time i was there was summer 2000. ahhh the good old days:o

It is a great place to mission around, some great stuff to see. The best bit for me was going back into the billet i last stayed in :)

el-mar
10-01-2009, 07:44 PM
brr, seems like a cold exploration to me! cool stuff!

nugget44444
10-08-2009, 09:55 PM
Visited here in Aug 09. It's all fenced off now by a company - barbed wire and even some razor wire round the top of the fence too . Apparently they are planning on leasing the huts out as small business premises and for storage although some huts will not be touched as they are listed

BB
11-08-2009, 12:53 AM
Wow! A lot has changed, was pretty much a walk in when we went!.....and one hell of a drive :lol:

Did you manage to take any piccys? :)

wurzel
11-08-2009, 05:31 AM
It was bought by The Comrie Development Trust(CDT)which is the name given to the comunity buy out.They paid £350,000 for it and also own the bunker at the rear of the camp and also the roc post.The bunker is aparently showing lots of signs of mold and slime inside but we cannot confrirm as it was all locked up.We got told that if we had went down the week berore we would have got into it as it was open for Comrie gala week.They were talking about one of the huts being used to grow mushrooms but nothing has come of it so far.The guy we spoke too said that some of the huts were now listed,They are currently upgrading the electric before they can start renting out the huts but they also reckon that maintance will be approx £85,000 a year so rent wont be that cheap with council tax added on.

Gorecki
11-08-2009, 10:36 AM
They do tours here, next one 19th September I think !!

foz101
11-08-2009, 11:14 AM
The bunker is aparently showing lots of signs of mold and slime inside but we cannot confrirm

Very damp and leaky in April 08. Can only imagine it is much worse now as the air con systems etc. are rarely if even run I believe.

Apart from anything, the fact it's quite leaky can't have bode well should it have ever needed to be used during a war :ohmy:pray

Erstlaub
11-08-2009, 11:15 AM
Balls,

This was on my list as its pretty local. Guess I'll have to make do with seeing what's on offer on the doors open day in September.

Thanks for the heads up though.

escortmad79
11-08-2009, 11:30 AM
It's owned by the Comrie Development Trust which is set to lease it to small businesses.

It's open as part of the "Doors Open" events in Scotland on 26th September 2009 (10-4)

nugget44444
11-08-2009, 08:06 PM
Here is the pics i took yesterday as you can see lots of fences and limited access.

http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq143/Nugget44444/Cultybraggen%20Camp/DSC_0135.jpg

http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq143/Nugget44444/Cultybraggen%20Camp/DSC_0124.jpg

http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq143/Nugget44444/Cultybraggen%20Camp/DSC_0111.jpg

http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq143/Nugget44444/Cultybraggen%20Camp/DSC_0153.jpg

http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq143/Nugget44444/Cultybraggen%20Camp/DSC_0162.jpg

wurzel
29-12-2009, 09:47 PM
Theres a program on Sky channel531 about the murder of a pow at this camp at hte end of the war

georgie
31-12-2009, 03:27 PM
ohh top stuff m8 good work