Monday, 24 November 2014

Godlingston Hill

Dug out, hauled to the edge of the field and left abandoned, are these concrete footings and iron mast mountings, all that are left of tall radio masts which stood on top of Godlingston Hill during World War Two.  There were three radio bunkers on Godlingston Hill all with towers, two are filled in now, whilst the third is still used for modern communication equipment. Below the hill is a command bunker and the ephemeral remains of occupation. It had me thinking. This was a unique site which played an important part in important historic events, it's hardly been recorded, for the most part destroyed and all but forgotten; this must have been the fate of so many important historical sites that are missing from the historical/archaeological record. There must be so much we don't know and will never know about the past.

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