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Everything tagged "Aberdeen"

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1970
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26 Marker stone near Aberdeen Reservoir [????- ]

Pillbox besides main dam of Upper Aberdeen Reservoir [1940- ]

Date Place completed: 
1940-01-01

This vent prompted me to go after it.

This appears to be one of those waterworks stone markers to me. 

WWII Bunker in the Aberdeen Reservor area [????- ]

When I saw this bunker earlier today I was scolding myself for how the devil could I miss this one in my previous walks in the area..... The one is right besides the information post.

WWII Improvised battery in Apleichau - a possible location (B) with a platform of unknown origin [????- ]

Found this concrete structure right next to the gate to the base of the service reservoir. The roof is gone. I remember I read some article mentioning the defenders blew up the battery structures before they retreat.

 

WWII Improvised battery in Apleichau - a possible location (A) with a platform of unknown origin [1939- ]

Date Place completed: 
1939-01-01

Some other articles had mentioned the Aberdeen Battery had been an improvised one with two 4 inch guns.  Earlier before I went up the hill trying to look for traces of the remains of these, but I don't know what I've found has anything to do with them:

WWII bunkers in the Aberdeen Reservoir Area [????- ]

The marker shown above is just an approximate location.  The reading on my GPS logger for this location is Lat: 22.258278N Long: 114.168346E  If only we could input Longitude/Latitude information there.........   This bunker is very close to a Pillbox.  There is a concrete slap across the the Lady Clementi's Ride, which I think is for the land line for communication.

The concrete slap across the path:

Pillbox in the Aberdeen Reservoir area [1940- ]

Date Place completed: 
1940-01-01

Entrance of the Pillbox

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