For a number of years there were various discussions about ways to commemorate the pioneering work on radar undertaken at Worth Matravers during World War II. Towards the end of the 1990s Tony Viney, a Worth resident and parish councillor, progressed proposals through the Worth Parish Council to erect a radar memorial at St Aldhelm's Head. Tony Viney, himself a local sculptor, also designed the memorial.

The stainless steel memorial is set on a Purbeck stone plinth. It represents two radar dishes which are arranged in such a way that they also form a large fire basket. This reflects both ancient and modern methods to warn of invasion: fires were lit as beacons to warn of the Spanish armada while radar forms the modern equivalent.

Mike The Mooching Minister.

February 9, 2025

Memorial to commemorate the invention of Radar. This technology was pivotal in helping Britain defend it's skies during ww2, and lead to the Victory of the war.

Kinga

February 14, 2025

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