Tiree, Carnan Mor, Radar Station | Canmore

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Radar Station (20th Century)

Site Name Tiree, Carnan Mor, Radar Station

Classification Radar Station (20th Century)

Canmore ID 302026

Site Number NL94SE 59

NGR NL 96830 40149

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/302026

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Oblique aerial view of the radar station at Carnan Mor on Tiree, looking WSW.

DP 210203

Oblique aerial view of the radar station at Carnan Mor on Tiree, looking WSW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

30/4/2015

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Oblique aerial view centred on the radar station, taken from the SSW.

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Oblique aerial view centred on the radar station, taken from the SSW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

1/10/2009

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General view centred on the radar station with Balephuil Bay adjacent, taken from the E.

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General view centred on the radar station with Balephuil Bay adjacent, taken from the E.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

1/10/2009

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Oblique aerial view centred on the radar station, taken from the SW.

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Oblique aerial view centred on the radar station, taken from the SW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

1/10/2009

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General oblique aerial view of Balepuil Bay on Tiree, looking to the ESE.

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General oblique aerial view of Balepuil Bay on Tiree, looking to the ESE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

31/8/2010

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General oblique aerial view of Balepuil Bay on Tiree, looking to the SE.

DP 094644

General oblique aerial view of Balepuil Bay on Tiree, looking to the SE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

31/8/2010

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General view centred on the radar station with Balephuil Bay adjacent, taken from the E.

DP 070431

General view centred on the radar station with Balephuil Bay adjacent, taken from the E.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

1/10/2009

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Oblique aerial view centred on the radar station, taken from the S.

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Oblique aerial view centred on the radar station, taken from the S.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

1/10/2009

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Oblique aerial view centred on the radar station, taken from the SE.

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Oblique aerial view centred on the radar station, taken from the SE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

1/10/2009

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Oblique aerial view of the radar station at Carnan Mor on Tiree, looking WNW.

DP 210202

Oblique aerial view of the radar station at Carnan Mor on Tiree, looking WNW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

30/4/2015

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Oblique aerial view of the SW part of the Isle of Tiree, looking S.

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Oblique aerial view of the SW part of the Isle of Tiree, looking S.

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Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland

1997

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Oblique aerial view of the radar station at Carnan Mor on Tiree, looking NNE.

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Oblique aerial view of the radar station at Carnan Mor on Tiree, looking NNE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

30/4/2015

© Crown Copyright: HES

Oblique aerial view of the radar station at Carnan Mor on Tiree, looking WSW.

Oblique aerial view centred on the radar station, taken from the SSW.

General view centred on the radar station with Balephuil Bay adjacent, taken from the E.

Oblique aerial view centred on the radar station, taken from the SW.

General oblique aerial view of Balepuil Bay on Tiree, looking to the ESE.

General oblique aerial view of Balepuil Bay on Tiree, looking to the SE.

General view centred on the radar station with Balephuil Bay adjacent, taken from the E.

Oblique aerial view centred on the radar station, taken from the S.

Oblique aerial view centred on the radar station, taken from the SE.

Oblique aerial view of the radar station at Carnan Mor on Tiree, looking WNW.

Oblique aerial view of the SW part of the Isle of Tiree, looking S.

Oblique aerial view of the radar station at Carnan Mor on Tiree, looking NNE.

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Administrative Areas

Council Argyll And Bute
Parish Tiree
Former Region Strathclyde
Former District Argyll And Bute
Former County Argyll

Architecture Notes

NL94SE 59 96830 40149

Late 20th century radar station situated at the summit of Carnan Mor. The radar site is set within an enclosure and consists of a single storey building with a small radome on the SW side.

Information from RCAHMS (DE), January 2010

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