This Isn't the Sort of Thing That Happens to Someone Like You (19 page)

Perimeter:

Existing drainage ditches already form natural boundary. Enlarge these to create realistically defendable space.
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Use spoil to create raised bank behind. Plant raised bank with 3 rows hedging:

– outer row, thorned (blackthorn, hawthorn etc)

– middle row, dense (box, yew etc)

– inner row, fruit-bearing (sloe, rosehip, hazel, raspberry, blackberry, etc)

Benefits: wind-shelter for crops within site, visual barrier, physical obstruction. Last point most vital: ditch
must
be wide enough to prevent vehicles approaching, & hedging
must
be dense enough to prevent penetration.
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Research poss. extra line of defence within hedging perimeter (spiked poles, tripwires, traps etc) to be erected at short notice in emergency.

Above creates obvious vulnerability at entry/exit point. Suggest moveable barricade to be wheeled into place when req. (Booby-trapped?) NB vulnerable entry/exit can be advantage; provides expected focus for attack/defence.

Successfully defended space as detailed above carries risk of entrapping occupants in siege situation. Plan tunnel construction to enable final escape from poss. prolonged siege. Tunnel to originate in cellar of main house and surface prob. in
woods. Approx 450 metres, forced ventilation req
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Reject options such as eg electrical fencing, floodlighting, automatic gates & barriers, etc; defence options
must
be resilient to loss of power.

Reject also watchtowers, etc; would attract attention both currently and at time of crisis. Suggest planting fast-growing evergreen at corners of property, to be used as concealed look-out points.

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