Sanday, Whale Head Radar Station, Main Power Station
Engine House (20th Century)
Site Name Sanday, Whale Head Radar Station, Main Power Station
Classification Engine House (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Lopness
Canmore ID 141072
Site Number HY74SE 23.01
NGR HY 76282 44062
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/141072
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Lady
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY74SE 23.01 76282 44062
The main power station for Whale Head radar station is situated on the E side of the public road 50m to the W of Brackenquoy farm.
Information from RCAHMS (DE) February 1999
Field Visit (1999)
This was one of the primary chain of WWII air-defence radar stations. The site comprises of a complex of buildings, including an engine house, magazine, transmitter and receiver blocks, power station and standby power station. There are spread out over an extensive grassy plain. The buildings survive relatively intact and some are accessible; the majority lie over 50m from the coast edge. See also HY74SE 23.02 (SY32), the site of the accomodation camp for radar station personel.
Coastal Zone Assessment Survey, 1999
