Archaeology Notes

Event ID 694085

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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ND34NW 38 centred 34394 45553

This radio or transmitting station is situated to the NE of Thrumster, immediately N of Graigmillan farmsteading (ND34NW 34). Buildings are of brick and concrete. The station is still in use as a Radio Station.

This Radio Station formed part of 'Boxer', which was a microwaved radar data linking system active in the 1950s. The station was involved in passing data onwards from the Radar Station at Saxa Vord in Shetland (HP61NW 6).

J Guy 2000; NMRS MS 810/10, Vol.1, 29.