Scotland's Secret
Bunker
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Scotland's Secret BunkerThe secret bunker is a reminder of the threat of the cold war, it's
basically a huge underground shelter not far from the Royal Navy's Rosyth
dockyard and RAF Leuchers; the obvious reason for its location is
because during a nuclear war Rosyth and Leuchers would have been some of
the USSR's first targets. Military and government officials would have used
this bunker to continue command and control from here. |
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The attraction consists of two levels, which are open to the public. The first level consists of mock-ups of rooms, as they would have been during the time that the bunker was in service. This includes dormitories (no room for privacy here- hot bed system- if you're not in it someone else is), and the coffee shop, which is based in the former canteen. The second floor provides further insight into what life would have been like in the bunker. The first room is a mock-up of an R.A.F. operations room from the 1950's, which monitored the frequent incursions into NATO airspace by the Warsaw Pact countries. A communications centre which was the vital link to the outside world from the safety of the bunker, the plant room which houses (the still operational) air filter system and the Central Government and Nuclear Operations room.
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| There is also a small armoury, Civil Defence Corps display and an exhibition by C.N.D. (the campaign for nuclear disarmament). Coffee shop in bunker and Shop at farmhouse entrance.. | |||
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