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...mole...
24-07-2010, 08:26 PM
Visited with Revelation_Space

Been on my list to do after discovering it existed about a month ago(no idea how i never knew about with it, i lived in Arbroath for about 3 months in 2007 and i visit this area regularly). We didnt get to visit all the buildings, but we got in to most of them. I know a lot of people dont find this interesting as its in an extreme state of decay, but thats what made me want to visit this place. Spent about 6-7 hours exploring this place and got many photos.

There was a large Aggreko Generator running at part of the site which i found a bit strange, didnt investigate it much further incase there was peole working around it.

I want go on about the history as im sure people have viewed many reports on this place before, ill just post some photos then :thumb

First building we went in to was very squishy.
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Although a bit of a poke around and we found this area which had a wrecked Renault Megane, and in another door the shell of a Relian Rialto on its roof. This seemed very out of place.
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Decided to check out this room which seemed to consist of two oil tanks a lot of rust and the lower floor flooded with oil
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Moved from there rather quickly, and in to the main building(at least i think it was the main building)
The canteen was interesting with the paintings by children on the walls, nice ceiling too.
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Had a wander around some of the bedrooms/wards, pretty dark in most of them due to the windows being boarded up.
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Nature is definatly reclaiming the recreation hall
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Continued on through the rest of the main building which seems to get worse the further you get in to it.
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Decided to check out the buildings further in to the site, these are the ones half way up the hill(shouldve checked a map or something to get the names of these buildings). However there was little of interest in them just a lot of BB pellets i assume from Airsoft games.
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After this we decided to check out the buildings at the top of the hill, however our clumsiness caused a rather loud noise after which we heard someone in the distance say "what was that" we decided to leave after spotting someone in a fluorescent jacket coming up the road and that one of the doors of a building we were just in was now wide open. A swift exit was made with no trouble :thumb .

Quite enjoyed this place, but i can see what would put people off. I just happen to be a fan of very derelict sites. Hope i didnt ramble on too much for somewhere thats been covered a few times before.

Revelation_Space
29-07-2010, 12:44 AM
Here are my photos from that day. You totally can't cover a site effectively with 12 images, so I'm posting 24 (though that hardly covers it either, but it's better than 12).

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Supper saggy ceiling...
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Creepy how the children's drawings are all in perfect condition while the surrounding structure is falling apart.
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Revelation_Space
29-07-2010, 12:47 AM
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