DM Glen Douglas

DM Glen Douglas
Type	Defence Munitions centres (DM)
Coordinates	56°09′36″N 4°46′16″W / 56.159901°N 4.771220°W / 56.159901; -4.771220
Current owner	Ministry of Defence
Controlled by	Joint Supply Chain Services (JSCS)

DM Glen Douglas is a NATO defence munitions depot in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, built between 1962 and 1966. As of 1989, it served NATO as a pre-positioned wartime ammunitions depot, storing around 40,000 tons of missiles, depth-charges, and conventional shells. ^[1] It is now used only by the UK.^[2] The depot lies in Glen Douglas, a six-mile (10 km) glen through which the Douglas Water flows east to Loch Lomond. The depot itself is near the glen's head, less than a mile from Loch Long. Arrochar is the nearest village.

The depot covers almost 650 acres (2.6 km²) and contains 56 magazines built into a hillside.^[2] It is connected to the rail network via a short spur from the West Highland Line. In the 1970s, a jetty was built at Glen Mallan on Loch Long, linked to the depot via an MoD road through Glen Culanach.^[3]

See also

• Royal Naval Armaments Depot

References

1. ^ United States Military Forces and Installations in Europe. SIPRI. 1989. ISBN 0198291329. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Lisa Cole and Melanie Tanner. "Bombs, bullets, and Brimstone". DLO News. http://www.act4peace.org.uk/docs/DLO_News_20_3.pdf. "Glen Mallen Jetty offers considerable scope" 
3. ^ Malcolm Spaven (December 1983). Fortress Scotland. Pluto Press. pp. 133. ISBN 0861047354. "Loch Long NATO jetty" 

External links

• Glen Douglas Munitions Depot at Secret Scotland