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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

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Falkirk
  • Parish Falkirk
  • Former Region Central
  • Former District Falkirk
  • Former County Stirlingshire

Archaeology Notes

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

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