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Monument record TR 34 SE 452 - Coastal Defence/chain Home Low Station M1

Summary

The site of a Coastal Defence/Chain Home Low (CD/CHL) radar station at Fan Hole. It was constructed in spring 1941 by the British Army to detect approaching ships and aircraft during the Second World War. CD/CHL sites 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. Aerial photography from 1995 show that the station has been removed and no features of the site survive.

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Grid reference	TR 3540 4290 (point)
Map sheet	TR34SE
County	KENT
District	DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish	ST MARGARET’S AT CLIFFE, DOVER, KENT

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Full Description

A Coastal Defence/Chain Home Low radar station located at Fan Hole (TR 354 429), called site M1. It was operational by May 1941. Coastal Defence/Chain Home Low (CD/CHL) radar stations were operated by the 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)

A CD/CHL station at Fan Hole. Aerial photography from 1995 show that the station has been removed and no features of the site survive. (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). SWX22107.

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<1> SWX23709 Bibliographic reference: Dobinson, C. 2000. Twentieth century fortifications in England, volume 7. Acoustics and radar: England's early warning systems 1915-1945.
<2> SWX22107 Bibliographic reference: Anderton, Michael J.. 2000. Twentieth century military recording project: World War Two radar stations.