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WW2 Radar Station, Kinley Hill


A Chain Home Low Station (a type of radar for detecting low flying aircraft) known as CHL39A was established at Kinley Hill by 27th September 1941, during the Second World War. There are the remains of a number of buildings at the site, near Kinley Hill Farm. CHL sites were typically comprised of 2 gantries for the transmitter and receiver aerial arrays, a transmitter and receiver hut, a standby reserve power, and a general purposes hut. The stations also included light anti-aircraft gun emplacements, pillboxes, road blocks and air raid shelters.[1]

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WWII RAF Radar Station, Kinley Hill
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Kinley Hill Chain Home Low (CHL) Radar Station (Hawthorn)
- "This site appears on aerial photographs of the 1940's as a collection of small buildings or huts just to the north of Kinley tower. The site is listed as a …
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Kinley Hill, County Durham, Chain Home Low Station
- A map of the site and photos posted by Jon on the Derelict Places Website, July 2011.
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CHAIN HOME LOW STATION CHL39A
- "The site of a Royal Air Force Chain Home Low radar station at Kinley Hill. It provided early warning of approaching low-flying enemy aircraft during the Second World War. Chain …
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