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originally spotted by the wife, pointing at the building with the hole in the end !



It's about here, opposite the caravan parks, the red arrow points to the bunker, the red dots outline the decoy area where fires were lit and lights illuminated to decoy the Luftwaffe bombers:



The bunker was buried, but had gutters and drainpipes !



The inside is original, the tyres are not !



The round hole, was an earthenware pipe for the generator exhaust - this more complete example is on Humberside:



The fires were fed by tanks of oil and water, witha all manner of combustible material also used:



The Moreton decoy was noted for having being bombed, before it was completed.

The firebar below was dug up from one of the fields (photo courtesy SC)

Good find mate. I knew there where decoy fire bunkers in the fields around the m53 close to bidston station

Great find mate

excellent information, thanks for Sharing

wow were about's is this in Moreton i wanna go and see it very interested

bottom of carr lane by the caravan park i think

Thanks Jonno i think a visit is in need

Used to play in there as a kid, large inside, entrance at rear if i remember!

It's your duty to have a look !

it is indeed

Do you like horses?

lol yerrr why ??

Its in a horse field. Usually in the next field.

Got permission of the owner to visit this site, well actually, we got caught tottering around the area, anyway, an extremely nice and helpful young lady gave us a guided tour of the site - thankyou.

Please note, there are a lot of horses and electric fences (yes - some are live) around, please get permission to access the site.

The entrance facing Carr lane has been knocked-through for use as a stable, the real entrance is bricked up on the far side facing NE.

still full of old tyres !