Monument record GSE 072 - Coastal Defence/Chain Home Low (CD/CHL) radar station
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Summary
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TM 526 882 (65m by 73m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TM58NW |
| Civil Parish | GISLEHAM, WAVENEY, SUFFOLK |
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Full Description
Site of former Coast Defence/Chain Home Low Radar station. By 1978 all features appeared to have been removed (S1).
The site of a Coastal Defence/Chain Home Low (CD/CHL) radar station at Pakefield. 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 either a Nissen hut or brick/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 closed in 1942 and by 1978 the site was used for quarrying (S2).
Sources/Archives (3)
- <S1> SSF54928 Unpublished document: Anderton, M. J.. 2000. Twentieth Century Military Recording Project. World War Two radar stations.
- <S2> SSF53735 Index: English Heritage. Pastscape. http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1478168.
- <S3> SSF54834 Monograph: Dobinson, C.. 1996. Twentieth Century Fortifications in England. Volume 7. Acoustics and Radar.
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Record last edited
Jun 22 2022 6:45PM