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    Arrow Cultybraggen Camp - December 2008

    This for me was the best iv done to date, i went here as a cadet many a time (see my other post)
    So it brought a lot of memories back ha ha!
    Anyway on to the show



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    Situated on 90 acres of land at the entrance to Glen Artney, in the Perthshire countryside, Cultybraggan Camp has a broad history dating back to 1939 when it originally opened as No. 21 War Training Camp. Currently consisting of just under 100 Nissen Huts, Cultybraggan was known as a “black camp” and housed around 4,000 “Category A” Prisoners of War, who were thought to be the most extreme Nazi prisoners at the time, requiring a maximum security camp.
    In 1945 the camp was disbanded, only to reopen as an Army Training Centre in 1949. Apart from an area of huts to the Western side of the camp, which were demolished in the 1970s to make way for a firing range, the rest of the Nissen huts remain, having had the original WW2 Pot-Bellied stoves swapped for LPG powered heaters at some point. Most traces of the camp’s former role have now disappeared, with the exception to the isolation block, which was converted into a storage facility.


    Think we are getting close


    The camp


    6th one in was the billet i stayed in


    inside the billet (check the other post out for the originals)


    Ring a ding ding!!!


    The NAFFI






    Inside the mess hall


    The isolation block, i dread to think what happend to POW's in here




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    Default Re: Cultybraggen Camp - December 2008

    A few of mine...

    Outside the huts




    BB on the range!!


    Trying to take a sneaky peak!! (Shame there are no women left!!)


    The isolation block (Jail)
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    Default Re: Cultybraggen Camp - December 2008

    Love the NAFFI. Did u get any more pics of the murals?
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    Default Re: Cultybraggen Camp - December 2008

    That looks a most excellent place, nice work

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    Default Re: Cultybraggen Camp - December 2008

    Even though its disused, its in a great condition still. Be a shame if they demolish it as its a piece of ww2 pow history.
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    Default Re: Cultybraggen Camp - December 2008

    Quote Originally Posted by ERNIE99_UK View Post
    Even though its disused, its in a great condition still. Be a shame if they demolish it as its a piece of ww2 pow history.
    Indeed, if i could i would buy the place! ha ha
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    Default Re: Cultybraggen Camp - December 2008

    Quote Originally Posted by buster View Post
    havent been there for YEARS!!!!
    great pics looks like a nice explore!
    Your not the only one there mate! last time i was there was summer 2000. ahhh the good old days

    It is a great place to mission around, some great stuff to see. The best bit for me was going back into the billet i last stayed in
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    Default Re: Cultybraggen Camp - December 2008

    brr, seems like a cold exploration to me! cool stuff!

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    Default Re: Cultybraggen Camp - December 2008

    Visited here in Aug 09. It's all fenced off now by a company - barbed wire and even some razor wire round the top of the fence too . Apparently they are planning on leasing the huts out as small business premises and for storage although some huts will not be touched as they are listed
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    Default Re: Cultybraggen Camp - December 2008

    Wow! A lot has changed, was pretty much a walk in when we went!.....and one hell of a drive

    Did you manage to take any piccys?
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