Bunker Ni9 Roosdaal

Bunker Ni9 is one of the four bunkers in Roosdaal built in 1939 by the Belgian army as part of a line of 38 bunkers along the Waterloo-Halle-Ninove position.

In 1946, during the inventory of the bunkers, each bunker was assigned a number by the Belgian Engineer, in Roosdaal number Ni6 to Ni9. The bunkers flank each other and each lie in a different wind direction. Bunker Ni9 is the most easterly bunker. A bunker meadow was created around the bunker in 2002 by the municipality as a resting place and a viewpoint of the area. In the meadow there is a compass rose on which the direction of the neighborhood municipalities Lennik, Liedekerke, Gooik, Ternat and Ninove is indicated.

The outside of the bunker is covered with cement studs, also called eggs. The studs served as camouflage by forming a canopy pattern. The studs are missing at the top of the bunker. Here are 16 hooks to attach camouflage nets. The entrance consisted of two doors. The inner door, together with the outer door, forms a lock that closed off the artillery space. Three tubes provided the ventilation, but also served to re-roll thrown grenades outwards. At the top is an opening for a periscope through which the bunkers, together with the field telephones, were connected to the nearby bunkers.

Bunker Ni9 has a fragment wall entrance in the west. The south-west facade comprises two loopholes in a niche for the installation of machine guns and the other walls always have one false loophole flush with the outer wall. Today the loopholes are bricked up with brick. The shell of the bunker has been released in several places or is cracking due to concrete rot. Well-kept meadow all around.
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Nice to be able to look inside