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England's dark sites on public view

By David Stock

10 February 2010

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Sites of secracy

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A British art group took 51¶¯Âþ on a magical mystery tour of England’s most secret government sites – from the locations of past military experiments to the birthplace of the forerunner of the computers we use today.

See what top secret looks like in our photo-dossier of some of England’s most sensitive government sites

Gallery: England’s dark sites on public view

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