Coastal Defence/chain Home Low Station M72 |
Hob Uid: 1413232 | |
Location : Dorset Portland
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Grid Ref : SY7032071980 |
Summary : The site of a Coastal Defence/Chain Home Low (CD/CHL) radar station at East Cliff. It was built by the British Army to monitor shipping and aircraft during the Second World War. CD/CHL sites opened from 1941 and comprised a brick or concrete operations block with an aerial gantry mounted on the roof and a separate standby set house for the reserve power. Staff were billeted where possible, but some stations had a small layout of domestic hutting situated within one mile of the site. The station was closed by the end of 1942. Aerial photography from 1996 shows an operations block and a second building located near the cliff edge. |
More information : RADAR STATION. From site list with letter. Isle of Portland. East Cliff. Recorder- R. Perry. (1)
A Coastal Defence/Chain Home Low Station located at East Cliff (SY 703 719), called site M72. Coastal Defence/Chain Home Low (CD/CHL) radar stations were operated by the British Army to detect shipping and aircraft. CD/CHL sites opened from 1941 and comprised a brick or concrete operations block with an aerial gantry mounted on the roof and a separate standby set house for the reserve power. Staff were billeted where possible, but some stations had a small layout of domestic hutting situated within one mile of the site. (2)
Aerial photography from 1996 shows an operations block and a second building located near the cliff edge. (3) |