Scotland's Secret Bunker

Scotland's Secret Bunker

Former name	RAF Troywood
Established	1994 (1994)
Location	St Andrews, Scotland
Coordinates	56°16′13.86″N 2°41′54.52″W
Type	Cold War museum

Scotland's Secret Bunker is a nuclear bunker turned into a Cold War museum.

History

Broadcast studio

The nuclear bunker was built in 1952 with the original purpose of being a Royal Air Force radar station as part of the ROTOR system, it was official named RAF Troywood.^[1] In the 1960s, it was transferred to the Civil Defence Corps. The facility had a cinema, broadcasting capabilities, telephone switchboard, In 1993, it was decommissioned, and became a Cold War museum.^[2]

In 2004, a man broke into the facility using a JCB digger.^[3] He sealed himself inside the bunker, leading to stand-off between him and armed police officers.^[4] This ended after 3 days, after which the man was committed to psychiatric care.^[5][6]

References

1. Glendinning, Miles; MacKechnie, Aonghus; Großbritannien, eds. (2004). The Architecture of Scottish Government: From Kingship to Parliamentary Democracy (1. publ ed.). Dundee: Dundee University Press. p. 301. ISBN 978-1-84586-000-4.
2. Balch, Oliver (2019-09-25). "Take the kids to … Scotland's Secret Bunker, near St Andrews". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
3. "Police in siege stand-off at secret bunker Intruder uses JCB to break into Fife tourist attraction". HeraldScotland. 2004-06-09. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
4. "Police talk to bunker siege man". 2004-06-09. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
5. "Bunker siege comes to an end". 2004-06-10. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
6. "Secret bunker siege man sent to hospital". HeraldScotland. 2004-10-06. Retrieved 2023-08-19.

External links

• Scotland's Secret Bunker website