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Explosives store

This is the remains of a 19th Century powder house. It is built from local limestone set in mortar. Metal doors would have acted like a sacrificial wall which would "blow out" in the case of an explosion to prevent the building being blown apart.

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Uploaded on October 18, 2012
Taken on October 14, 2012