Sanday, Whale Head Radar Station, Magazine
Magazine (20th Century)
Site Name Sanday, Whale Head Radar Station, Magazine
Classification Magazine (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Lopness
Canmore ID 141074
Site Number HY74SE 23.03
NGR HY 7598 4410
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/141074
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Lady
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY74SE 23.03 7598 4410
An earth covered magazine is situated about 430m NW of the remote reserve generating house (HY74SE 23.04). The bunker is visible on WW II RAF vertical air photographs (WL/10, 1.76, 2.81, flown 4 July 1942).
Information from RCAHMS (DE), January 2005
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
