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[[File:Forbidden zone beyond Trecwn - geograph.org.uk - 298949.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Security fence surrounds the entire site of the former RNAD Trecwn]] |
[[File:Forbidden zone beyond Trecwn - geograph.org.uk - 298949.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Security fence surrounds the entire site of the former RNAD Trecwn]] |
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Located on the former [[North Pembrokeshire and Fishguard Railway]], {{convert|3|mi}} south of Fishguard, construction was commenced in 1938. Its location allowed supply of mines and munitions via rail from the [[West Wales Lines]] Fishguard branch, and distribution via a series of local deep sea ports, including Fishguard harbour and [[Neyland railway station|Neyland]] for [[Milford Haven]]. |
Located on the former [[North Pembrokeshire and Fishguard Railway]], {{convert|3|mi}} south of Fishguard, construction was commenced in 1938. Its location allowed supply of mines and munitions via rail from the [[West Wales Lines]] Fishguard branch, and distribution via a series of local deep sea ports, including Fishguard harbour and [[Neyland railway station|Neyland]] for [[Milford Haven]]. |
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Due to its scale and location, the MoD built a whole new infrastructure around the existing vllage to support the depot, including houses and a waste water treatment plant. |
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Revision as of 06:56, 27 December 2011
RNAD Trecwn was a Royal Navy Armaments Depot, located south of Fishguard in Pembrokeshire, West Wales.
Construction
Located on the former North Pembrokeshire and Fishguard Railway, 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Fishguard, construction was commenced in 1938. Its location allowed supply of mines and munitions via rail from the West Wales Lines Fishguard branch, and distribution via a series of local deep sea ports, including Fishguard harbour and Neyland for Milford Haven.
Due to its scale and location, the MoD built a whole new infrastructure around the existing vllage to support the depot, including houses and a waste water treatment plant.
Layout
The depot has a traditional herring bone layout along the valley, giving access to 58 cavern-based storage chambers, each approximately 200 feet (61 m) in length, which have been hewn into the rock of the valley sides. Each cavern storage chamber can be access either via road, standard guage rail or the sites own narrow guage railway.
Transport access
Purposefully located on the former North Pembrokeshire and Fishguard Railway, it gave the site easy access to excellent rail distribution. Direct passenger access was also provided by rail, with workmens trains reversing in from the Fishguard and Goodwick railway station until 1 August 1964.
Sale, current use
In the early 1990s, Trecwn was placed on care and maintenance by the Ministry of Defence.
The entire site was sold to Anglo-Irish consortium Omega Pacific in 1998 for £329,000, with a stated intention of using the surface buildings for aircraft engine maintenance, while the underground caverns would be used for the storage of low-level nuclear waste. However, a lack of planning consent (noise of the engines, level of radiation), and local opposition meant that the company ended up in court in 2002, and was ordered to sell the site to Hampton Trust with 10weeks.
Hampton Trust intend to develop the site as a multi-use industrial estate, with the surface buildings rented or leased for light industrial purposes, and the caverns for storage and distribution. Network Rail have kept the railway conection operational, to allow the site to develop as bi-modal distribution site.