Military Archaeology

I thought these were a recent initiative connected with binge-drinking and Anti-Social Behaviour.....

 

ROFPMSL I wish! The liquer industry in the USA would go broke quick if we instituted that initiative.

 

Sure my old band played in one of those pubs......

 

A couple for Martin.....
I snapped this Rolls-Royce Griffon engine outside the engineering labs in the James Watt building, Glasgow University. There's no plaque details beyond the name, so I have no idea what mark/variant it is.





Think I'm right in saying that the engine was modified and fitted to Spitfires from MKIV onwards, and also fitted to the short-lived Spiteful fighter, which was intended to replace the Spit until the advent of jets.
The James Watt building itself was opened by Field Marshall Montgomery on 4th November 1959.

[ 15. December 2005, 10:15 AM: Message edited by: The_Historian ]

 

I'll spare you the rant, chaps. Suffice to say that cretins like this guy don't do my blood pressure any good........
Controversy over POW Camp plans.
All the more excuse for me to get up there soon and photograph the bloody place.

 

Gordon - a useful euphemistic hint.

In Southern England these days, in place of the word 'eyesore' for future planning proposals ( eg Wembley Stadium Arch, 26-storey Prescott towerblocks on the skyline, etc ) developers and councils are using the weasel-word...wait for it... 'landmark'.

So why not use it back at them - I reckon the POW camp definitely qualifies as a historic ( ahem ! ) landmark....

 

True, but I think the irony would be lost on them somehow.............

 

At least some people care about our heritage, but sadly this camp has been demolished too.

Check out this link.

Island Farm POW Camp

 

Cheers Ian.
Haven't been in that site for a while; looking to engineer an excuse to visit the place. Or Eden Camp.
Don't see any reason why the old Camp 21 at Comrie couldn't be preserved along the same lines, along with the Italian chapel at the old Orkney camp.

 

This is the type 22(I think?)pillbox at Cobleland, Gartmore, Stirlingshire.
(NN53259880)





It used to guard a rural railway bridge, but both that and the line itself are long
gone.

And these are the remains of the old Military Hospital at Killearn,
Stirlingshire.





Commissioned in 1938, it was completed in 1941, but taken on by the local
health board post-war and eventually shut in 1972.Unfortunately the vast maj-
ority of it has been demolished since then,and due to hassle with the local plan-
ners,the owners aren't too keen on people rolling up to take snaps; so apologies
for the picture quality.

[ 18. October 2005, 12:19 PM: Message edited by: The_Historian ]

 

Won't be the first time this has happened to me either! Island's visitors face savage aerial threat

 

Still....better than stukas on yet head...!

 

True, but you could shoot a Stuka without an environmentalist having a cow.

 

Got quite excited about this (and no comments on the lack of a social life, please!)
WW1 relic unearthed on common

 

Gordon, why would you think that any of us on this forum would make any comments about being cloistered or wondering how long it has been since daylight touched your skin? That isn't like this group is it?

 

Listen. Just 'cos I'm paranoid doesn't mean you lot ain't out to get me!

 

By the way Gordon, when you dig up a trench, what have you got?

 

Errmm.....six months in traction?!

 

This guide to battlefield archaeology has just been published:
Battlefield Archaeology Guide

 

That looks like a serious resource Gordon. I will have a look at it though as I am going to look at some of the military archeological sights here in Hawaii while I am on vacation.