RAF Clee Hill Radar Station

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Andymacg

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After reading something the other day about Clee Hill in WW2 was one of the slave / repeater stations for GEE system of aircraft navigation and was called RAF Clee Hill . It finally closed in the early 60's but cant find that much history of it online
I decided to have a wonder up to see if I could find any signs of the aerial behind the NATS equipment thats is on the top of the hill

and i came across this

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it was around 8foot square

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each of the blocks the contained a steel plate bolted to it with angle iron coming off it and about 30foot from 3 of the corners as another peice of concrete that an achor wire would have been connected to

then further up the hill I found the remains of another building

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and a few pictures of the existing NATS radar station

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GEE wasn't used for detecting incoming aircraft. Rather it was used as a navigation aid to our aircraft, to identify targets.

I did a report on Windyheads in Aberdeenshire a couple of years ago, where coincidentally it also is located adjacent to a NATS site.
 
Looks like you got a nice day for it. You might be interested in finding a copy of a book I picked up ages ago - "Quarry Land: Impermanent Landscapes of the Clee Hills", by Simon Denison. Lots of moody b/w images and a fair bit of local history, too. :)
 
Looks like you got a nice day for it. You might be interested in finding a copy of a book I picked up ages ago - "Quarry Land: Impermanent Landscapes of the Clee Hills", by Simon Denison. Lots of moody b/w images and a fair bit of local history, too. :)

It was bloody freezing to be honest , with the windchill and the road was treacherous aswell with the severe frost but was worth it in the end

and just managed to find a copy of the book on ebay thanks
 
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