Scotland's Secret Bunker is a nuclear bunker turned into a Cold War museum.
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Former name | RAF Troywood |
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| Established | 1994 |
| Location | St Andrews, Scotland |
| Coordinates | 56°16′13.86″N 2°41′54.52″W / 56.2705167°N 2.6984778°W |
| Type | Cold War museum |
History
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The nuclear bunker was built in 1952 with the original purpose of being a Royal Air Force radar station as part of the ROTOR system, it was official named RAF Troywood.[1] In the 1960s, it was transferred to the Civil Defence Corps. The facility had a cinema, broadcasting capabilities, telephone switchboard, In 1993, it was decommissioned, and became a Cold War museum.[2]
In 2004, a man broke into the facility using a JCB digger.[3] He sealed himself inside the bunker, leading to stand-off between him and armed police officers.[4] This ended after 3 days, after which the man was committed to psychiatric care.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ Glendinning, Miles; MacKechnie, Aonghus; Großbritannien, eds. (2004). The Architecture of Scottish Government: From Kingship to Parliamentary Democracy (1. publ ed.). Dundee: Dundee University Press. p. 301. ISBN 978-1-84586-000-4.
- ^ Balch, Oliver (2019-09-25). "Take the kids to … Scotland's Secret Bunker, near St Andrews". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
- ^ "Police in siege stand-off at secret bunker Intruder uses JCB to break into Fife tourist attraction". HeraldScotland. 2004-06-09. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
- ^ "Police talk to bunker siege man". 2004-06-09. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
- ^ "Bunker siege comes to an end". 2004-06-10. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
- ^ "Secret bunker siege man sent to hospital". HeraldScotland. 2004-10-06. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
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