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Westerglen Transmitting Station
Radio Station (20th Century)
Site Name Westerglen Transmitting Station
Classification Radio Station (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Auchingean
Canmore ID 122770
Site Number NS87NE 53
NGR NS 8648 7727
NGR Description Centred NS 8648 7727
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/122770
- Council Falkirk
- Parish Falkirk
- Former Region Central
- Former District Falkirk
- Former County Stirlingshire
NS87NE 53 centred 8648 7727
Westerglen Transmitting Station [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1981.
Westerglen Transmitting station is visible on a series of WW II oblique RAF aerial photographs, (No.1 CAM, 5946-5947, 5950, flown 10 October 1942).
Two masts are visible along with several buildings and huts, all set within a field of rig-and-furrow cultivation.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), August 2004
