Chain Home Low Station Chl39a |
| Hob Uid: 1477492 | |
Location :
County Durham
Hawthorn
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| Grid Ref : NZ4310046900 |
| Summary : The site of a Royal Air Force Chain Home Low radar station at Kinley Hill. It provided early warning of approaching low-flying enemy aircraft during the Second World War. Chain Home Low sites typically comprised two gantries carrying the transmitter and receiver aerial arrays, a transmitter and receiver hut, a standby set house for the reserve power, and a general purposes hut. Defence measures installed at radar stations included Light Anti-Aircraft gun emplacements, pillboxes, road blocks and air raid shelters. Aerial photography from 1979 shows that six standing ancillary buildings and a number of building bases survive at the site. |
More information : A Chain Home Low Station located at Kinley Hill (NZ 431 469), called site CHL39A. It was established by 27-SEP-1941. Chain Home Low (CHL) stations provided early warning of approaching low-flying enemy aircraft during the Second World War. CHL stations used technology originally used by the Army to plot shipping for coastal batteries. In 1940 the Royal Air Force established the series of Chain Home Low stations to supplement the existing Chain Home stations as they were capable of detecting lower-flying aircraft. CHL sites typically comprised two gantries carrying the transmitter and receiver aerial arrays, a transmitter and receiver hut, a standby set house for the reserve power, and a general purposes hut. Defence measures installed at radar stations included Light Anti-Aircraft gun emplacements, pillboxes, road blocks and air raid shelters. (1)
Chain Home Low Station at Kinley Hill. Aerial photography from 1979 shows that six standing ancillary buildings and a number of building bases survive at the site. (2) |