MHG34568 - Leirinmore
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User: Admin, Date: Wed 13 Oct 2004
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NC46NW 23 4215 6716
The transmitter block for a Chain Home radar station is situated approximately 70m N of the Smoo Cave Hotel within an area annotated Leirinmore on the current chart copy edition of the OS 1:10560 map (1967). The radar station, which lies to the E of Sango, Smoo radar station (NC46NW 22.00), is visible on vertical air photographs (CPE/Scot/UK/185: 3161-62, flown 1946. Two masts, the transmitter block and the bases of at least two huts are visible on the photographs.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), February 1999.
This is possibly a Gee rather than a Chain Home Station, for radio direction of bombers.
Information from C Latham and A stobbs, 1997
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 4214 6716 (30m by 30m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC46NW |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | DURNESS |
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External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/141485 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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