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Former RAF Base in Lincolnshire, England

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RAF Stenigot
Stenigot, Lincolnshire. in England
Chain Home radar tower at RAF Stenigot
Abandoned tropospheric scatter dishes, once part of NATO's ACE high communication system, since removed for scrapping.
RAF Stenigot is located in LincolnshireRAF StenigotRAF StenigotShown within Lincolnshire
Coordinates53°19′37″N 0°06′58″W / 53.327°N 0.116°W / 53.327; -0.116
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
OperatorRoyal Air Force
Site history
Built1938 (1938)
In use1939-1996 (1996)
Battles/warsSecond World War
Cold War

RAF Stenigot is a former Second World War radar station situated at Stenigot, near Donington on Bain, Lincolnshire.

Second World War

It was built in 1938 by Blaw-Knox as part of the Chain Home early-warning radar network. Initially, the site's main feature was an octet of aerial towers. These were supported by some low-lying buildings.

Post war

The station was upgraded in 1959 to GEE H communications relay site as part of the ACE High programme, which involved adding four tropospheric scatter dishes. The site was decommissioned in the late 1980s and was mostly demolished by 1996.

Current use

The radar tower is a Grade II listed structure because it is the best preserved and most complete Chain Home transmitter tower surviving in its original location in the British Isles. The site is still in use by the RAF Aerial Erector School for selection tests for possible recruits.

Stenigot Tower is also used by various two way radio providers as a common base repeater site due to its vast coverage of Lincolnshire.

Demolition of three radar dishes (October 2018)

Three of four dishes on site were scrapped in the winter of 2018. A local construction firm admitted to scrapping three of the four dishes, the legality of this is disputed. The first dish was removed from its supports sometime before 14 October, with two more dishes being felled over the following days. The fourth and last remaining dish was removed in mid to end–November 2020.

See also

References

  1. "Chain Home Transmitter Tower, former RAF Stenigot, Donington on Bain - 1259301 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  2. Historic England. "Stenigot (1309703)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  3. "Downhill Radio Navigation Site". Frontline Ulster. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  4. Historic England. "Stenigot (1309788)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  5. ^ "Construction firm reveals what happened to three huge radar dishes removed from Lincolnshire Wolds". 31 October 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  6. "Photos of RAF Stenigot on 14th October 2018 (3 dishes, 1 partially demolished)". 25 January 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2020.

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