Map with: Google Map, or OS Explorer Map from Streetmap.co.uk

Other Sites Within 500m

Farleigh Down Siding Spring 

 Go to the Main Mendip Cave Registry Search Page

Farleigh Down Tunnel

Monkton Farleigh.

NGR:ST 79949 67389
WGS84:51.40517, -2.28965
Length:800 m
Depth:150 m
Altitude:30 m
Tags:Mine
Registry:wbc

Tunnel, over a mile long and straight, constructed in WW2 to access to Ashley railway sidings from MF underground ammunition stores. A conveyor belt was used to move the ammunition underground between the top of the hill and the main line.

Alternate Names: MF Ammunition Depot Tunnel, Ashley Sidings Tunnel Entrance

Notes: The bottom railway entrance is open but usually blocked at the top of the tunnel. Do not attempt to open.

 Search for this site in the MCRA Bibliography.

This entry was last updated: 2021-04-04 11:25:03

Errors or omissions in this information? Submit corrections/additions/comments for this entry to the registrars.

All database content Copyright 2025 Mendip Cave Registry and Archive.
Your use of this website is subject to the Disclaimer.
Web Registry software by Matt Voysey.