First Well, Tunnel 3, North Centre Bastion, Dover UK

John Latter, on April 19, 2007, said:

Looking down into a well-like shaft adjoining a sub-tunnel of Tunnel 3 of the North Centre Bastion.

Behind the viewer, to the left, is the entrance to the sub-tunnel, to the right, the bottom of another well-like shaft.

Images taken on the 'second expedition', April 18th, 2007.

Standard Info:

The North Center Bastion is only part of Dover's extensive Napoleonic defenses - click on Western Heights and then check the tag list for all the locations covered (eg Drop Redoubt, Grand Shaft, North Entrance - more will be added as time goes on).

Also see St Martin's Battery

John Latter, on April 19, 2007, said:

Also see: Satellite view of the North Center Bastion annotated with tunnel system locations, surface features, drawbridges, etc.

tessg907, on April 29, 2009, said:

would u die if u fell down there????

John Latter, on April 29, 2009, said:

tessg907 said:

would u die if u fell down there????

It's an old joke, but you would be perfectly safe falling down this shaft: it's only when you actually hit the bottom that the problems would begin... :)

We never went down this shaft as kids because it had a lot more rubbish in it in those days and we couldn't see the bottom - we'd been in other places where a floor looked OK, right up to the moment it gave way from under your feet!