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COASTAL DEFENCE/CHAIN HOME LOW STATION M72

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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.

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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)

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(1) Migrated Defence of Britain Project database record originally compiled from various sources

The two databases developed by the Project can be searched on-line through the Archaeology Data Service at http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/specColl/dob/index.cfm

(2) C S Dobinson 2000 Twentieth century fortifications in England, volume 7. Acoustics and radar: England's early warning systems 1915-1945

Page(s)168

(3) Michael J. Anderton 2000 Twentieth century military recording project: World War Two radar stations

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