Midland Ness
Radar Site (20th Century)
Site Name Midland Ness
Classification Radar Site (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) M1; Houton
Canmore ID 269077
Site Number HY30SW 41.01
NGR HY 3230 0351
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/269077
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Orphir
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY30SW 40.01 3230 0351
Nothing remains of the radar unit at this location. Public Record Office documents (WO 166/2072) show that in 1942 the heavy anti-aircraft battery was provided with a type GL Mk II unit, which would have stood on a brick and concrete base with an extended ramp to allow the mobile hut to be pushed up on to a platform by a lorry.
The radar ramp and base is visible on RAF vertical air photographs (LEU UK 14, 5081-5082, flown 21 June 1949).
Visited by RCAHMS (DE), August 1999
