Mount Tumbledown

The decaying remains of a 1982 Argentine field kitchen on the eastern approach to Mount Tumbledown that would once have provided hot foot and drink to the soldiers dug in to defend the mountain and the approach to Stanley.

Mount Tumbledown, Two Sisters, and Wireless Ridge from Stanley Harbour, Falkland Islands

veterano de guerra del atlantico sur-barbeito juan carlos

The position has been constructed against a rocky crag using local rock to build a wall front and sides, and steel rails that are likely to have come from the narrow gauge railway between Camber Point fuel depot and Moody Brook radio station. Corrugated iron sheet nearby suggests this was also used to weatherproof the shelter. I have called this a command post because of the large size and both the effort and materials that have been used to construct it. It could also have served as an observation post due to the commanding views over the ground to its front.

The position has been constructed against a rocky crag using local rock to build a wall front and sides, and steel rails that are likely to have come from the narrow gauge railway between Camber Point fuel depot and Moody Brook radio station. Corrugated iron sheet nearby suggests this was also used to weatherproof the shelter. I have called this a command post because of the large size and both the effort and materials that have been used to construct it. It could also have served as an observation post due to the commanding views over the ground to its front.

The position has been constructed against a rocky crag using local rock to build a wall front and sides, and steel rails that are likely to have come from the narrow gauge railway between Camber Point fuel depot and Moody Brook radio station. Corrugated iron sheet nearby suggests this was also used to weatherproof the shelter. I have called this a command post because of the large size and both the effort and materials that have been used to construct it. It could also have served as an observation post due to the commanding views over the ground to its front.

The decaying remains of a 1982 Argentine field kitchen on the eastern approach to Mount Tumbledown that would once have provided hot foot and drink to the soldiers dug in to defend the mountain and the approach to Stanley.

The decaying remains of a 1982 Argentine field kitchen on the eastern approach to Mount Tumbledown that would once have provided hot foot and drink to the soldiers dug in to defend the mountain and the approach to Stanley.

The decaying remains of a 1982 Argentine field kitchen on the eastern approach to Mount Tumbledown that would once have provided hot foot and drink to the soldiers dug in to defend the mountain and the approach to Stanley.

The decaying remains of a 1982 Argentine field kitchen on the eastern approach to Mount Tumbledown that would once have provided hot foot and drink to the soldiers dug in to defend the mountain and the approach to Stanley.

The decaying remains of a 1982 Argentine field kitchen on the eastern approach to Mount Tumbledown that would once have provided hot foot and drink to the soldiers dug in to defend the mountain and the approach to Stanley.

The decaying remains of a 1982 Argentine field kitchen on the eastern approach to Mount Tumbledown that would once have provided hot foot and drink to the soldiers dug in to defend the mountain and the approach to Stanley.

The decaying remains of a 1982 Argentine field kitchen on the eastern approach to Mount Tumbledown that would once have provided hot foot and drink to the soldiers dug in to defend the mountain and the approach to Stanley.

An infantry position, possibly for a machine gun given the commanding view across the east approach to Mount Tumbledown. It is facing west, the direction of likely British advance and covers the Argentine access to the mountain.

An infantry position, possibly for a machine gun given the commanding view across the east approach to Mount Tumbledown. It is facing west, the direction of likely British advance and covers the Argentine access to the mountain.