Scotland's Secret Bunker Explained
Scotland's Secret Bunker |
Former Name: | RAF Troywood |
Location: | St Andrews, Scotland |
Type: | Cold War museum |
Scotland's Secret Bunker is a nuclear bunker turned into a Cold War museum.
History
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]
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Notes and References
- Book: The Architecture of Scottish Government: From Kingship to Parliamentary Democracy . 2004 . Dundee University Press . 978-1-84586-000-4 . Glendinning . Miles . 1. publ . Dundee . 301 . MacKechnie . Aonghus . Großbritannien.
- News: Balch . Oliver . 2019-09-25 . Take the kids to … Scotland’s Secret Bunker, near St Andrews . en-GB . The Guardian . 2023-08-19 . 0261-3077.
- Web site: 2004-06-09 . Police in siege stand-off at secret bunker Intruder uses JCB to break into Fife tourist attraction . 2023-08-19 . HeraldScotland . en.
- News: 2004-06-09 . Police talk to bunker siege man . en-GB . 2023-08-19.
- News: 2004-06-10 . Bunker siege comes to an end . en-GB . 2023-08-19.
- Web site: 2004-10-06 . Secret bunker siege man sent to hospital . 2023-08-19 . HeraldScotland . en.