Ward Of Scousburgh, Type 7000 Chain, 'b' Slave Station
Gun Emplacement (Second World War), Pillbox (Second World War), Radio Station (20th Century)
Site Name Ward Of Scousburgh, Type 7000 Chain, 'b' Slave Station
Classification Gun Emplacement (Second World War), Pillbox (Second World War), Radio Station (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Northern Type 7000; Scousburgh
Canmore ID 115424
Site Number HU31NE 50
NGR HU 38950 19016
NGR Description Centred HU 38950 19016
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/115424
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Dunrossness
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU31NE 50.00 centred 38950 19016
HU31NE 50.01 centred HU 38724 18810 Radio station (type 700 monitor)
HU31NE 50.02 centred HU 39883 19109 Military camp
HU 387 187. Scousburgh radar site is a chain home Radar type 700-7000 situated at the end of a trackway branching W off the A970 within the Ward of Scousburgh. The site is constructed of concrete and brick and consists of light anti-aircraft positions, a pillbox, engine room and some hut bases. The site has since been reused for radio communications.
J Guy 1995; NMRS Ms 810/4, 118-122
A WWII radio station is situated 300m NE of the modern installation on the Ward of Scousburgh. The transmitter hut is at HU 3890 1902, was equipped with type 700 and 7000 sets used in ground stations for LORAN and Gee systems.
Information from Mr I Brown, November 1998.
The radio station is visible on vertical air photographs (541[A]/390, 3012-3013, flown 18 May 1948) which shows the two large masts, transmitter (Tx) and receiver (Rx) blocks and ancilliary buildings with the accommodation camp to the E of the A970 road. The second radio station is visible to the S with two small masts, Rx and Tx blocks.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), July 2005
Note (13 December 2011)
During the mid 1970s, the General Post Office established a radio station on the site using a Troposcatter system to provide communications to North Sea offshore oil platforms. The site is now disused, however some buildings remain including the main communications block and an associated garage. No masts survive but the bases for the large aerial arrays are visible on aerial photography (Next Perspectives 25cm orthorectified photographs HU3819, 5 September 2008).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK, HDS) 13 December 2011
