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    Arrow St Margarets Esplanades, Dover Nov 2012

    Hello one n all, this has been eluding me for some time and every time in the past Ive attempted it either the tide has been in or I havent been able to get up there due to the entrance being 30ft up in the cliff, So having conquered it heres some history and a few pics !

    The beach at St Margaret's was seen as a possible landing place for an invasion fleet, so was well defended during the war and old photographs show barbed wire entanglements and a pillbox and this tunnel system still remains. It was also a crucial point as the powerful gun batteries were located close by, and would have been a target for sabotage. The tunnel appears to have been dug to allow guns to be placed in rooms cut into the cliff face, to cover the beach. The original entrance to this tunnel, located at the end of the esplanade, is now sealed and the only access is a rope up to the machine gun post in the cliff face. Inside, conditions are good and the majority of the tunnel is lined with tin on the roof and supported by bricks. Parts of the tunnel which are unlined still appear to be sound, although steps lead up to a second room, which has been lost due to erosion

    Explored with my Partner in cryme Dan and so on with some pics :




    Looking back at the way in





















    The original now sealed entrance, Thanks for looking !

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    Default Re: St Margarets Esplanades, Dover Nov 2012

    Nice one fella, some nice stuff in Dover

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    Default Re: St Margarets Esplanades, Dover Nov 2012

    Loads of underground stuff there, must be hollow as a Easter egg by now!


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    Default Re: St Margarets Esplanades, Dover Nov 2012

    Always nice to see some dover stuff
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    Default Re: St Margarets Esplanades, Dover Nov 2012

    ive not seen this before, looks great. its amazing that its still so intact really.
    check out the website scrappynw.com
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    Default Re: St Margarets Esplanades, Dover Nov 2012

    Very intact! Access sounds like a lol.


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