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Former name | RAF Troywood |
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Established | 1994 |
Location | St Andrews, Scotland |
Coordinates | 56°16′13.86″N2°41′54.52″W / 56.2705167°N 2.6984778°W |
Type | Cold War museum |
Scotland's Secret Bunker is a nuclear bunker turned into a Cold War museum.
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]