THis is my first report froma visit I did a while ago,
History
Campsie AAOR is one of 31 AAORs (Anti Aircraft Operations Room) built across the UK and 1 of 2 in Northern Ireland, designed to be operational centres manned by a wide variety of Army staff, responsible for the command of Anti Aircraft defences in a region, Its chief role would be one of communication, interpreting radar data and delegating responses to airborne attacks (Mainly the command of Anti Aircraft Guns). Campsie AAOR is the most recently "discovered" of all 31, and is significant as while it was structually completed, no finishing was done before the ROTOR program was discontinued. The standardised design of the AAORs meant they folllowed a unified floorplan, which you can see on the link below.
Today Campsie AAOR sits unfinished and abandoned, a stone's throw away from a major road, but is not too widely known even in the local area due to its well hidden spot, set into a hill amongst trees. This means the interior is reasonably clean for an open structure, with only sheep's poo and stagnnt water to really pose any threat.
The Explore
A friend and I decided to visit as we'd heard about it from another friend. Approaching the structure and seeing it loom out of the hillside was like something out of a film, with the dark concrete stained with black and green. Inside was clean but cold, with the odd piece of agricultural rubbish strewen about. The channels for wiring in the floor were open, no doors or finishing touches had been added. Column supports for the upper balcony were strewen on the floor in the main planning room. THis room was so vast even with the camera flash I was unable to get a "proper" camera picture, so excuse the two (obvious) lesser quality images. We worked our way through, front to back, bottom to rop, checking out each and every room. There wasn't anything in particular of note, although being in the structure itself was extremely cool.
All the photos I took are on my Flickr album: Campsie AAOR
History
Campsie AAOR is one of 31 AAORs (Anti Aircraft Operations Room) built across the UK and 1 of 2 in Northern Ireland, designed to be operational centres manned by a wide variety of Army staff, responsible for the command of Anti Aircraft defences in a region, Its chief role would be one of communication, interpreting radar data and delegating responses to airborne attacks (Mainly the command of Anti Aircraft Guns). Campsie AAOR is the most recently "discovered" of all 31, and is significant as while it was structually completed, no finishing was done before the ROTOR program was discontinued. The standardised design of the AAORs meant they folllowed a unified floorplan, which you can see on the link below.
Today Campsie AAOR sits unfinished and abandoned, a stone's throw away from a major road, but is not too widely known even in the local area due to its well hidden spot, set into a hill amongst trees. This means the interior is reasonably clean for an open structure, with only sheep's poo and stagnnt water to really pose any threat.
Anti Aircraft Operations Rooms – Subterranea Britannica
Subterranea Britannica is a society devoted to the study and investigation of man-made (including Nuclear Bunkers) and man-used underground places.
www.subbrit.org.uk
The Explore
A friend and I decided to visit as we'd heard about it from another friend. Approaching the structure and seeing it loom out of the hillside was like something out of a film, with the dark concrete stained with black and green. Inside was clean but cold, with the odd piece of agricultural rubbish strewen about. The channels for wiring in the floor were open, no doors or finishing touches had been added. Column supports for the upper balcony were strewen on the floor in the main planning room. THis room was so vast even with the camera flash I was unable to get a "proper" camera picture, so excuse the two (obvious) lesser quality images. We worked our way through, front to back, bottom to rop, checking out each and every room. There wasn't anything in particular of note, although being in the structure itself was extremely cool.
All the photos I took are on my Flickr album: Campsie AAOR
