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Ringstead Radar Station

Ringstead Radar Station

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Ringstead Radar Station

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Location: Owermoigne, West Dorset, Dorset, South West England, England, United Kingdom

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Andy Lewis MTB 🇬🇧

June 20, 2023

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former Royal Air Force radar station at Ringstead Bay, Dorset, England. It is notable for having served three separate functions: first as a Chain Home early-warning radar station during WWII and then, during the Cold War, as a Rotor station and then, finally, as a USAF Tropospheric scatter station. The first of these functions commenced in 1942; the last of the functions ceased in 1974. The structural remains were Grade II listed in 2020

Manny & Daisy

April 4, 2024

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Shame this has been left to rot away behind a fence - looks like a derelict, neglected ‘bunker’ now

MCW73

July 7, 2024

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RAF Ringstead is a former Royal Air Force radar station at Ringstead Bay, Dorset, England. It is notable for having served three separate functions: first as a Chain Home early-warning radar station during WWII and then, during the Cold War, as a Rotor station and then, finally, as a USAF Tropospheric scatter station. The first of these functions commenced in 1942; the last of the functions ceased in 1974. The structural remains were Grade II listed in 2020.
The bunker is on land owned by the National Trust, and the Trust occasionally run open days.

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Elevation 30 m

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Wednesday 26 August

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Location: Owermoigne, West Dorset, Dorset, South West England, England, United Kingdom

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