Dunnet Head, Chain Home Low Radar Station

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Radar Station (20th Century)

Site Name Dunnet Head, Chain Home Low Radar Station

Classification Radar Station (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Loch Of Easter Head

Canmore ID 139013

Site Number ND27NW 7

NGR ND 20493 76565

NGR Description Centred ND 20493 76565

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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View from SW of transmitter receiver block showing S entrance with blast wall.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

11/10/2000

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View from S of group of mast bases at the N end of the transmitter receiver block. Also visible is the Dunnet Lighthouse keeper's cottage.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

11/10/2000

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View from NW of transmitter receiver block with a mast base immediately to the N.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

11/10/2000

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View from SE of engine room with blast wall. Also visible is Dunnet head lighthouse.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

11/10/2000

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General oblique aerial view looking over the cliffs at Easter Head, Dunnet, to the lighthouse, radar station and the remains of the cairn, taken from the NW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

14/3/2002

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View from E of the engine room with blast wall.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

11/10/2000

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General oblique aerial view looking over the cliffs at Easter Head, Dunnet, to the lighthouse, radar station and the remains of the cairn, taken from the N.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

14/3/2002

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View from SE of engine room with blast wall. Also visible is Dunnet head lighthouse.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

11/10/2000

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General oblique aerial view looking over the cliffs at Easter Head, Dunnet, to the lighthouse, radar station and the remains of the cairn, taken from the N.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

14/3/2002

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View from SW of transmitter receiver block showing S entrance with blast wall.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

11/10/2000

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View from SE of possible motor transport or store building with modern windows and door.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

11/10/2000

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View from NW of transmitter receiver block with a mast base immediately to the N.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

11/10/2000

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View from SE of possible motor transport or store building with modern windows and door.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

11/10/2000

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View from SE of possible motor transport or store building with modern windows and door.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

11/10/2000

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View from E of the engine room with blast wall.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

11/10/2000

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View from SW of transmitter receiver block showing S entrance with blast wall.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

11/10/2000

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View from S of group of mast bases at the N end of the transmitter receiver block. Also visible is the Dunnet Lighthouse keeper's cottage.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

11/10/2000

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View from S of group of mast bases at the N end of the transmitter receiver block. Also visible is the Dunnet Lighthouse keeper's cottage.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

11/10/2000

SC 1675283

General oblique aerial view looking over the cliffs at Easter Head, Dunnet, to the lighthouse, radar station and the remains of the cairn, taken from the NW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

14/3/2002

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View from S of group of mast bases at the N end of the transmitter receiver block. Also visible is the Dunnet Lighthouse keeper's cottage.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

11/10/2000

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View from S of group of mast bases at the N end of the transmitter receiver block. Also visible is the Dunnet Lighthouse keeper's cottage.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

11/10/2000

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View from NW of transmitter receiver block with a mast base immediately to the N.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

11/10/2000

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View from E of the engine room with blast wall.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

11/10/2000

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View from S of group of mast bases at the N end of the transmitter receiver block. Also visible is the Dunnet Lighthouse keeper's cottage.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

11/10/2000

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View from SE of engine room with blast wall. Also visible is Dunnet head lighthouse.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

11/10/2000

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Administrative Areas

Council Highland
Parish Wick
Former Region Highland
Former District Caithness
Former County Caithness

Archaeology Notes

ND27NW 7 centred 20493 76565

A Chain Home Low radar station on Dunnet Head, situated immediately to the NW of Loch of Easter Head. The radar station was equipped with type 57, a high powered version of the fully mobile type 37 trailer set, which operated on low power; and type 273, which was a naval designation for a surface watching set, with paraboloids mounted inside a perspex 'lighthouse'- type structure.

Information from Mr I Brown, November 1998.

This radar site is situated in an area to the SE of the lighthouse. there are several single storey brick built buildings and many concrete bases.

J Guy 2000; NMRS MS 810/10, Vol.1, 32, Vol.3, 14-15.

A group of brick and concrete buildings that form the Chain Home Low radar station at Dunnet Head. One large transmitter/receiver (Tx/Rx) block with a blast wall at the SE end (ND 20493 76565) , one electricity generating house with blast wall (ND 20435 76584) , mast bases at the NW end of the Tx/Rx block, other upstanding buildings (ND 20452 76530) and several hut bases were all noted.

Visited by RCAHMS (DE,SW), August 2000.

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