A Coastal Defence/Chain Home Low (CD/CHL) station located at Ramsgate (TR 374 645), called site M6. Coastal Defence/Chain Home Low (CD/CHL) radar stations were operated by the British Army to detect shipping and aircraft. CD/CHL sites opened from spring 1941 and comprised a brick or concrete operations block with an aerial gantry mounted on the roof and a separate standby set house for the reserve power. Staff were billeted where possible, but some stations had a small layout of domestic hutting situated within one mile of the site. (1)

Aerial photography from 1991 shows that the station has been removed and the site is now a heavily-built up area. (2)

The site of the Second World War oastal Defence/Chain Home Low (CD/CHL) station described above was seen on wartime aerial photographs in various stages of development, centred at TR 3726 6447 in former playing fields north of London Road. The main installation was locted within a barbed wire enclosure opposit the end of Warre Avenue. At least four gun emplacements were located around the site. to the north of the installation was a separate building which may have been a club house associated with the playing field. These remains were mapped as part of the Historic England: Ramsgate HAZ project. (3-4)

<1> Dobinson, C, 2000, Twentieth century fortifications in England, volume 7. Acoustics and radar: England's early warning systems 1915-1945, 167 (Bibliographic reference). SWX23709.

<2> Anderton, Michael J., 2000, Twentieth century military recording project: World War Two radar stations, p88 (Bibliographic reference). SWX23713.

<3> AP (RAF 106G UK 1131 F4049; 17 1 46) (OS Card Reference). SKE34036.