"I also like dumps, wasteground, half demolished buildings and abandoned air fields."

Yes, me too. They evoke the same feelings as ruined castles, ancient barrows and standing stones. They are full of ghosts and almost tangible memories of the humsn interactions that have taken place there - and a melancholy that they have outlived their usefulness.

BTW I love the way Jon Boden captured this in his CD Songs From the Flood Plain