I still have my really early base that I moved from the cliff side which was my first but kept falling to my death whenever I spawned there - the one you saw. The golf course was just too crazy. It was the robots actually. My turrets would be shooting at ghouls and whoops an Assaultron got hit and would attack back and destroy a bunch of shit.
I made my new one in that big dry lake area. Lots of little water spots still too of which I'll farm and sell. I like building bases plus I have a ton of new plans so starting fresh is a good idea, for me anyways.