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Old 5th Sep 2019, 2:12 pm   #1
dave walsh
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Default Military Monitoring Station into a Grand Design

Last night's "Grand Design" CH4 featured an ex Cold War Radio Listening Post that was demolished to create an earth [and rock] sheltered dwelling. It's in Galloway SW Scotland. Perhaps Forum Members know of it? Usual sort of story line but I found it worthwhile from both the Radio history point of view and semi-underground dwellings, in which I've always been interested.

Of course the eco point of those is often that they can be cheap self builds but if you are on one of the most perilous and windy cliff edges in the country, something more massive is probably in order. The only other similar property I can recall was built by a Welsh MP [in Pembrokeshire I think]. They used a natural cleft or Cave at the top of the cliff, giving it a glass frontage looking out to sea. He got planning permission [in a very sensitive area] because it was not at all visible when approached on the cliff top! That was the explanation anyway!

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