Shackleton Barracks

Shackleton Barracks is a former British military installation at Ballykelly in Northern Ireland.

The site formerly known as RAF Ballykelly was handed over to the British Army as Shackleton Barracks on 2 June 1971.

[2] The village of Ballykelly suffered the Droppin Well bombing in 1982 which resulted in the loss of eighteen lives including both local civilians and soldiers from Shackleton Barracks.

[1] The British Army vacated Shackleton Barracks in March 2008[3] when 2nd Battalion, Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment moved to Royal Artillery Barracks at Woolwich.

Some 776 acres (3.14 km2) of land and 420 buildings were subsequently offered for sale.