Eastriggs Munitions Depot

Eastriggs munitions depot was created in 1939, during World War II, using the land and buildings which had survived from the 1920s, when the site of HM Factory, Gretna was cleared after the conclusion of World War I.

Eastriggs is a small village in Dumfries and Galloway, southern Scotland, originally constructed (together with Gretna) during World WarI, as accommodation for the largest munitions factory in the world, HM Factory, Gretna, between 1916 and 1918. The village began as a collection of wooden huts, but was developed as a model village by the same architects responsible for Gretna, although the village was never developed to the same extent as its larger neighbour. One interesting side effect of the village's origin is that many of the street names reflect to the home countries of the original residents.

Formerly a stand-alone facility with 63 Explosive Storehouses (ESH), Eastriggs now (2007) operates as part of the larger munitions depot, DSDA Longtonwn, some 7 miles to the east, which has 252 ESH. The smaller depot is used to hold munitions for all three armed services in support of routine training, major exercises, and operations at home and overseas. Both depots have the usual road access links, and direct rail access to the main west coast London to Glasgow railway line.