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Monument record TR 13 SW 220 - Coastal Defence/chain Home Low Station M4

Summary

The site of a Coastal Defence/Chain Home Low (CD/CHL) radar station at Hythe. 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. Staff were billeted where possible, but some stations had a small layout of domestic hutting situated within one mile of the site. In 1942 the site was handed over to the Royal Air Force and converted to an Air Ministry Experimental Station Type 12 site that used Chain Home Low equipment. By 1969 all that remained of the site were two building bases and the circular earthwork of an anti-aircraft gun emplacement.

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Grid reference	TR 1350 3460 (point)
Map sheet	TR13SW
County	KENT
District	FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT
Civil Parish	LYMPNE, SHEPWAY, KENT

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A Coastal Defence/Chain Home Low (CD/CHL) radar station located at Hythe (TR 135 346), called site M4. 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. In 1942 the station was converted to an Air Ministry Experimental Station Type 12. (1)

A Coastal Defence/Chain Home Low station at Hythe. Aerial photography from 1969 shows the remains of two building bases and a circular earthwork of an anti-aircraft emplacement at the site. (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.

Sources/Archives (2)

<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.