A Fighter Direction radar station located at Hythe (TR 139 344). Fighter Direction Stations were a form of long-range Ground Controlled Interception radar able to reach the northern shores of France in order to aid British fighters on offensive attacks against German aircraft. Hythe was a Type 16 Air Ministry Experimental Station and capable of plan position and height finding over a range of up to 200 miles. The station was upgraded in March 1944 with Type 24 centimetric radar, which comprised an aerial assembly 9.1 metres by 1.8 metres with a cabin and fixed plinth. (1)

Aerial photography from 1969 shows two building bases surviving at the site along with an earthwork of the Anti-Aircraft emplacement. (2)

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

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