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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 850307
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/850307
HP61NW 6.04 centred 62980 16590
Postwar NATO early warning station covering 7.14 hectares built on the summit of Saxa Vord.
Four masts and several, buildings are depicted on the current OS 1:2500 scale digital map.
Opened in 1955 and subsequently upgraded several times. In 2005 the type 93 radar was dismantled and removed
and the Station closed 1 March 2006.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), September 2006
