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Coordinates: 51°23'24"N   2°17'15"W

Monkton Farleigh Stone Quarry (disused)

A disused stone quarry in to the west of Monkton Farleigh, it was converted in to an ammunition depot during the WW2 and the cold war, the depot was situated under a hill top a mile away. this worked in conjunction with the Corsham quarry which was also converted into an ammo dep. Other parts of the quarry was turned into a cold war nuclear bunker which, until recently, has been kept 'quite' under the Official Secrets Act 1989.

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