Monument record MHG48928 - Brora, Radio Intercept 'y' Station

Summary

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 90699 03499 (20m by 20m)
Map sheet NC90SW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish CLYNE

Map

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Full Description

NMRS Report: (06/10/2006 07:53:47)
NC90SW 53.00 centred 90700 03500

NC90SW 53.01 NC 90836 03462 operations building

WT Station [NAT] (centred NC 9067 0351)
Masts [NAT] (centred NC 9058 0358)
Masts [NAT] (centred NC 9073 0344)
OS 1:10,560 map, 12963.

This communications incercept station was latterly based around a Wullenwerber array direction-finding aerial.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 17 October 2005.

The radio intercept station is visible on vertical air photographs (106G/Scot/UK 114, 4134-4135, flown 23 May 1946) situated immediately above the High Water Mark at Lower Brora. Visible are the buildings comprising the station but no masts or surrounding fence can be seen on the photographs.
This 'Y' intercept station had links with the Bletchley Park Station X and was involved in the interception of radio messages from Germany to Norway.
The buildings are depicted with the masts and boundary fence on OS 1:10560 scale map (1963) and annotated as W.T. Station suggesting these were a later addition.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), September 2006



Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Dataset: RCAHMS. 02/2008. Annual update from Canmore. Digital. 276039.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2009 3:19PM

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