Part 2: The Smokey, North Centre Bastion, Western Heights, Dover UK

The second of three videos of the Detached Bastion/North Centre Bastion (aka, "The Smokey", "Dead Man's Island") which forms part of Dover's Napoleonic defenses embedded into the Western Heights.

Part 2:

Arriving on the surface of the island; a panned view from on top of the Main Magazine identifying a number of features; the interior rooms of the Main Magazine; the steps leading down to the eastern gallery ('tunnel 2', or second tunnel); a long shot of the northern end of tunnel 2; exploring the southern end of tunnel 2 and the unusual features found there*; the surface Magazine and its probable method of lighting; the southern 'hanging' moat; surface ramp to the 2nd drawbridge; the 1st drawbridge again ('disaster drawbridge') and a view of the southern end of the western gallery.

Part 2 ends at the junction of the Detached Bastion and the covered passage joining it to the main part of the North Centre Bastion (just past the 2nd drawbridge).

*My torch was fading at this point so I shot it again and have put it at the front of Part 3.

Part 1 is at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFhDUf3pH74

Part 3 is at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GOoPX9dzbw

Still photos of the North Centre Bastion can be seen at:

http://www.panoramio.com/user/250345/tags/North%20Center%20Bastion

Dover is in the county of Kent in England (UK).

My science research interests (evolution and psychology, esp. the archaeotrauma) are at:

http://www.evopsychology.com

My Facebook page is at:

http://www.facebook.com/john.latter

Dover Blog (Social Psychology):

http://dover.evopsychology.com/

Images of Dover:

http://www.panoramio.com/user/250345

John Latter / Jorolat

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[MrGuitarmandave]

can you tell me the location because me and my friend what to have a look and we are from margate so where about is it .

[jorolat]

@MrGuitarmandave Hi Mr Guitarmandave!

The North Centre Bastion is an out-of-bounds location, but there's a "view map" link at the English Heritage url given in the "comments" section of my profile page.

John Latter

[martinmartinmartin76]

Went for a walk around all the outsides of the fortifications to celibrate my 40th birthday. The places are huge and so interesting, do you still go to visit???

If you do would you be interested in a shaddow.. LOL

Many thanks martin

[jorolat]

@martinmartinmartin76 I've no plans to revisit the Western Heights at the moment, Martin - perhaps later in the year!

[jorolat]

I've been going into these tunnels since I was three and have long since lost any "fear" of them.

But the adrenalin still flows :)

The conversation we've been having via private messages has been interesting, but even if "ghosts" did exist, why should anyone be afraid of them?

John

[jorolat]

And what do you "know", Dave?

One man's fear is another man's adrenalin :)