There is such a thing as common sense and when that fails you enter the realm of the darwin awards.... Its that simple, and any self respecting human wouldn't fuck it up, now would he?...... and then theres the authorities, something tells me they have full knowledge if these places as well as the old mines as shit.... so its really they're responsibility to seal off these places or raise awareness of the danger as well as the cultural heritage and historical significance that these places hold.....but they haven't, now have they?.... the fact you dont even take that into consideration and just accuse these men of indirectly "fucking" the places up, while they show the history and try and explain it as good as they can, providing knowledge into the past instead of simply sealing it off The world is full stupid selfish people, How would he convey the history of the place without actually mentioning the PLACE...? Huh.... how the hell would that work....ffs mate I mean.... da fuq is wrong with you bruh...?
One of the main reasons that so many places are being lost recently, is due to locations being plastered all over the internet and getting unwanted attention.
@@rra7490 They were dangerous when they were supported and in use. Imagine how dangerous they are now not being maintained for god knows how long. Oh that's a cool thing of water in the cave. Besides caves collapsing there can be very bad gases that can knock you out instantly then kill you.
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From second one, seeing the cliffside location, I knew exactly where you guys were going. It seems to get progressively more dangerous every time someone does an explore there.
Bravo! Greetings from Canada. Good on you guys for exploring and documenting a piece of 20th century history before it disappears forever. The photography at the end was fantastic. Thanks for sharing the adventure!
For anybody interested, the reason it's being sealed up is due to the RU-vid channel 'Abandoned World Explorer UK' getting a little too media happy and spouting off about how dangerous it is.
It needs sealing up. Don't get me wrong its amazing but what if it collapsed while a group was down there? What ur saying is its okay for that group to die just aslong as somebody else can go down there.
@@acidicvideos8733 honestly these kind of places are enter at your own risk. People should understand that there is the possibility of collapse, falling, personal injury from various hazards. You go somewhere like this you take your life in your own hands. It's notthe gevernments job to baby sit you
Interesting the way they cut tunnels in the chalk. Miners will tell you to tunnel in chalk you cut a "spire" cross section, not an arch. It is then self supporting. Victorian flint and chalk miners knew this ;) Nice vid - thx for posting it up
From 1942 the battery was controlled by radar,the idea was that when jerry fired a round we could plot the firing and perhaps get a shot of before they put there gun or guns away.The jerries had fixed batteries and also 1 or 2 railway guns.If you research some more there is a map that shows the fall of jerries shells ,so if you find the map ,and get a metal detector you may still be able to find some jerry shrapnell , you must remember when they shelled Dover until the first shell landed there was no warning,first shell toland they sounded alarm .If you want to know more get in touch.
Really cool place but that entire entranceway looks as though a mistimed fart would bring the roof down on you! I think badger had the right idea staying topside! Thanks for venturing back in for us.
The 6 inch Mark Vll gun wasn't necessarily a naval gun. They were designed for land or sea service. I would have liked to see the an emplacement to see what mount they were on. Fort Scratchley here in Newcastle, New South Wales has two 6 inck Mark Viis on centre pivot mounts. They were installed in 1911 in the course of the second upgrade of the fort's armaments. These guns fired against a Japanese submarine shelling the city on the morning of the 8th June, 1942. Thanks to very substantial efforts by dedicated volunteers from the Fort Scratchley Historical Society supported by a number of local businesses they are able to fire blank charges. This occurs on a number of occasions each year. The Fortress Newcastle channel has clips of these guns and various other guns being fired at The Fort.
I was amused when Mr Stead of IKS went in there with his Gurkha mate, who saw that sole bit of chalk holding the roof up, and said something that had to be bleeped out. If it's bad enough to startle a Gurkha, then you KNOW that the job's a bad 'un.
what amazes me, seeing the huge number and lengths of tunnels (in other of your video's as well as this one) is the sheer amounts of manpower that must of been utilised to create them in a relatively short space of time. They must have had miners or something to accomplish it all
I've been to more than a few of these coast fortifications and always wonder, they either use land based artillery pieces or some smaller naval gun, I've never seen one that used a large bore naval rifle, say 12" or more. A 6" gun might range out to 10 miles but it wouldn't be a challenge for a proper battleship or even a cruiser. That would mean they could without fear come in closer and return a serious amount of damaging fire directly on your location. A direct hit with a 12" naval shell would completely destroy you. This might be far more effective with turreted three gun naval mount with a proper magazine system to allow a rapid rate of fire, rail mounted pieces can be adjusted in elevation but changes in azimuth are slower and more difficult and they are vulnerable to incoming fire.
I grew up just up the road, in Capel. Access was a whole lot easier 45 years ago. :o) Unfortunately, torches that we could afford with our pocket money, and batteries, were all shit, in those days. We spent many summer holidays scouring the adjacent rifle range for spent bullet cases, and parachute flare mortar cases. We all had bullet belts at home. The range was still in use through the 70s. Capel battery was still mostly accessible in those days, too. And it was a lot closer to home. Kids today miss out on all the fun... :o)
SarkyBugger We do miss out on all the fun. We live in a world where everyone is out to screw you over and you can’t do anything without the cops or a parent finding out. I would kill to explore places like this, ride a mini bike down my street, and walk around in he woods with BB guns. All things my dad talked about doing that I would get penalized or even shot for. This is the negative of technology :(
I know your brand of family fun. Tomorrow you'll probably kill the desk clerk, hold up a McDonalds, and drive us 1,000 miles out of the way to see the world's largest pile of mud!
As a note of curiosity and history it might be interesting to add to such ventures something about who actually dug the tunnels, lined them, and what happened to the material removed in the process that might have been done to conceal the digging, if it was in fact concealed. Even if not concealed it would be a point of interest. How long it took to complete the job, start to finish, and any other information that could be gleaned. Other than that, well done. Of course it's interesting to note that for some reason you kept secret and event that occurred there two weeks prior to your entry. You might let us in on that tidbit too. Just a thought.
thanks for this recording, interesting. That portal is sketch AF so probably worth sealing before it kills someone! something to bear in mind when exploring anywhere subterranean (especially in materials like chalk/talc), if sounds in a chamber are muffled, not echoey, be VERY careful; keep your voices low (or stay silent) and move gently.
What a treasure in the chalk of England. I would love to see this place and read the names of the men who served. Thank you for sharing this wonderful place with us now that it is forever gone to us.
Even today, if it includes your name and the date it is not graffiti but historical record. Consider how amazed you are to see that someone scribed their name and date back in 1942, so someone else in 3965 will feel equally amazed to see your name scribed on the wall from 2018.
In the digital age we have, photos and video can show that you have been somewhere. Besides, a name carved into the chalk in 2018 has nothing to do with the time period. All it does is modify its state beyond that in which it was used in its historically relevant time.
@@SubExploration Its getting blocked off, could be closed for a long time. The last name carved in chalk before it was sealed for 300 years. Sounds relevant in that sense.
@@ashenverdict I think that both arguments could be equally presented here. I do see your point but given the events and the costs involved i think i'll stick with my outlook for now ;-)
Amazingly scary descent to even REACH the tunnel system! Seems like some well placed timbers at the beginning of the tunnel would have made it somewhat safe, at least for a few more years. But with all the other internal damage and collapses, it's probably best to shut it down. The use of curved braces and corrugated sheet metal is pretty dam amazing. The pyramid-makers at Giza have nothing on these designers and construction workers!
New subscriber here! So, I'm an old guy now, having been born in the early 50's. Back in the day I did a bit of spelunking as part of an Outward Bound course I was instructor for. Not a great amount--we usually visited a cave or two as a side trip when we went rock climbing. Anyway, it's really cool to be able to watch you guys doing something that I'm way too old to try now. Cave on!
Interesting hike , fellas. I know the Dover coast has many stories and historical venues of conquest and attempted conquest from the time of the invading Normans to the WW@ Nazi war machine. I have never been there when I made a trip to England in 1993. We never made it to any coastal areas. I will have to say, here in California( the northern California Pacific coast) , there are many coastal bunkers not far from San Francisco one the San Mateo county coast and the Marin county coast ( fortifications and huge howitzer gun batteries to defend against possible Japanese invasions) well as the west land's end in the city itself. Most, if not all have been mounted with steel doors and concrete seals, since the late 1960's. For a period of time they were used as Nike missile bases to counter a Soviet Bomber attacks late 1940's and throughout the 60's, until they were shut down for other defensive non nuclear or smaller nuclear weapons..Very good video. You blokes are corrageous! At my age , 70 yrs, no way I go down into them...
Ahh yes i am becoming more familiar with US defences along the west cost and the threat of Japanese attack. This guy has been doing a lot of videos at some of these sites: ru-vid.com/show-UCgMb880a6Kjinz7f0ZVxZSw
Nice place for the bats when they block the entrance hope they leave a hole for the bats as they are a protective species I have bats in my house it's a listed building I live in and I'm not allowed to move them great video guys.👍🏻
That whole adventure seemed rather sketchy...and that's putting it mildly! Thanks for getting some additional video footage of this historic Battery before it gets sealed. Loved the drone footage! Some epic views from that cliff! I can definitely appreciate your reluctance to make that trek back down and into the tunnels. Stay safe, mate!
As much as i'm not a fan of going down the cliff, yeah i am glad i got to go back. Especially as my photography skills have gotten better and i saved enough money for wider lenses.
mate love the vid , but there is hundreds of these all over , the underground hospital is behind you , honestely i think you might need to know where all the other locations of channel guns are as there is quite a few more not far from where you are , try and find the fall out shelter thats impressive , good vid keep exploring
It's such a treat watching you guys explore these mine shafts. I was ducking and looking left and right as you were. Thanks again for your bravery. I throughly enjoyed this. Cheers.
awesome video, thanks for risking it all to make it. i haven't been there in person, but going off your video, i'd say there's a slim chance you'd survive a tumble down the hill, might be fun at first but...
Hey Mister. The sparkles on the ceiling around say 10:50 are they just water droplets? And I guess since I'm asking, how damp are the tunnels in general? I'm assuming kinda humid. Thanks heaps for documenting this place so well.
The young folk are sure worried about asbestos, look as long as you are not making it airborne it's okay plus if it's wet it ain't airborne either. Not like they work in an environment where they are exposed to airborne asbestos daily that is when you have issues. It's like cigarettes/cigars having one from time to time say once a year isn't going to make you have lung cancer.
Methane gas or carbon monoxide or dioxide (not sure) is a literal killer though. I take readers while caving so I don’t pass out and die. If a place has high levels of gases it’d be better to know at the entrance or whenever it starts rather than finding out by dying.
Shit man. This is just an average mine walk for Frank S. Exploring abandoned Mines. His show is wicked. It's the dude with the beard. He goes alone deep through the untouched over century mines. Most falling apart. It's crazy awesome.
Is that the same place Ian and Chris did just recently showing how stuff is geting blocked up but thats left open cuz its to hard to get material there to work. That wall and a few other parts answerd my ?? Lol great work my friend
How can I find out why it is being closed off ? You said that was a story behind it ! I live in the United States of America in the state of Kansas which in the middle of the country . I'm always interested in the history of WWII as I some uncles that was over there fighting ! Keep the videos coming and I'll keep on watching them ! Thank you for sharing them with me !
As someone who also lives in Kansas, I have to watch videos like this to see what living in an interesting location would feel like. Kansas is literally the most boring landscape on the planet Earth.
you do realise there are places in the World where you can see Roman concrete still holding up large buildings? concrete is unlikely to erode away in just a few decades (it would have to be very poor quality to do so. we do shoddy work like that nowadays, not so much back then). people preferred to look where they were going in those days, instead of walking into things and assuming it's someone else's fault.
Riveting stuff but a Q? Where are the bogs, and if the place were manned why are there no sleeping quarters or canteen, I also didn't notice any sizable storage areas for the ammo, and how about an office for his nibs? Just wondered! Thanks for the upload.
Typicall ammunition would not have been stored here (perhaps some small arms ammunition but nothing heavy). As for beds, they typlically had tripple bunk beds down the sides of the tunnels.
That was really interesting. The only thing I didn’t like was that the person taking the video didn’t tell us where it was. I think it was the white cliffs of Dover, And I think it was during World War II that these bankers and tunnels were made?
This connect to the tunnels over the other side of the A20 road and it is part of the emplacements than were accessible when I was a teenager in 1960’s we would explore the shaft which were a lot better then the stairs were cleared and open. The ammo lifts were still there but the machinery removed. Personnel access was still all there but now all sealed up. Area used as a film location for the Bof B film in the 60’s but all above ground.
