First the area was marked out
The boxes are made out of decking planks and are to make the gun emplacements and command centre for the Argentinians on the hill. It will become apparent how they will be used later.
Then digging out the top layer started. Here's ZULU-1 and Master Cappy doing the manual work (I was there purely to record the progress and supply copious cups of tea).
The turf was put to one side for use later.
The last bit of turf was just folded back so it can be refolded once the infill had been added.
Then a river and pool were dug. this will be lined with pond liner material before filling with water.
Infill was reclaimed from some of the other derelict buildings onsite, and used to build up the 'Hill'.
There was plenty of this but it soon got used up.
The boxes for the Mortar/MG/Command Post emplacements were put in place.
Extra rubble was then added around the boxes.
Soil was then added along with some cut down drainpipe to form foxholes.
Soil was damped down with water before more being added followed by the turf we kept from earlier.
The boxes now look as though they were dug into the hill. These will be lined and made to look like dugout entrenchments, they will house Mortars and MG's.
So this is as far as we have got today. The boards keeping everything in place are temporary as one of my fellow Museum members will be preparing proper finished boards to replace them.
Next scheduled date for continuing construction is Sunday 2nd October.
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