Thesaurus Term/Concept: SOUND MIRROR

Identifier 93370
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note An early warning structure built during and after WWI along the south and east coasts of England. Sound detecting acoustic dishes and walls could detect the sound of approaching enemy aircraft at a distance of 8 to 15 miles.

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Instances/Examples (7)

Context Record
Monument Type MKE17880 Abbot's Cliff Sound Mirror (Building)
Monument Type MKE3769 Acoustic Sound Mirrors at Greatstone-on-Sea, Lydd (Monument)
Monument Type MKE16410 Early warning: accoustic mirror (post 1912) (Building)
Monument Type MKE97846 Fan Bay Sound Mirrors (Monument)
Monument Type MKE99200 First World War sound mirror, Binbury Manor (Monument)
Monument Type MKE125633 First World War Sound Mirror, Hackemdown Point (Monument)
Monument Type MKE4338 Hythe Sound Mirror (Monument)