Hartley Crag radar station (Seaton Valley)
World War II radar station recorded under the designation M38 and the name Hartley Crag; operated for Coastal Defence (CD) and Chain Home Low (CHL) cover. This may have operated in 1942 (1)
The site is recorded as redundant on 31 December 1942. (2)
Coast Defence Chain Radar Station at Crag Point, Seaton Sluice, now redundant. A Second World War radar station is visible as structures on air photographs, at NZ 3431 7617. (3)
A Coastal Defence/Chain Home Low station located at Hartley Crag (NZ 343 762), called site M38. 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. (4)
Aerial photography from 1994 shows possible remains of the station at the Coastal Battery site, where earthworks are visible at the cliff edge. A possible Second World War building is situated near the roadside. Part of a track layout is visible and a linear feature can be seen at NZ 3424 7614. A large circular emplacement has been filled in at NZ 3426 7614. (5)
The site is recorded as redundant on 31 December 1942. (2)
Coast Defence Chain Radar Station at Crag Point, Seaton Sluice, now redundant. A Second World War radar station is visible as structures on air photographs, at NZ 3431 7617. (3)
A Coastal Defence/Chain Home Low station located at Hartley Crag (NZ 343 762), called site M38. 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. (4)
Aerial photography from 1994 shows possible remains of the station at the Coastal Battery site, where earthworks are visible at the cliff edge. A possible Second World War building is situated near the roadside. Part of a track layout is visible and a linear feature can be seen at NZ 3424 7614. A large circular emplacement has been filled in at NZ 3426 7614. (5)
N27376
Second World War (1939 to 1945)
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION, English Heritage: North East Coast NMP Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey ; Archaeological Research Services
MEASURED SURVEY, LANDSCAPES OF WAR RECORDING PROJECT ; English Heritage
ARCHITECTURAL SURVEY, Investigation by RCHME/EH Architectural Survey ; RCHME
MEASURED SURVEY, LANDSCAPES OF WAR RECORDING PROJECT ; English Heritage
ARCHITECTURAL SURVEY, Investigation by RCHME/EH Architectural Survey ; RCHME
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