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Abbotts Cliff Sound Mirror

Part of the UK Sonic Landscape, these listening stations were used as an acoustic early warning system during the Second World War. Unlike so much of the UK's second...

Chilbolton Observatory

Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research is one of the worlds most advanced meteorological radar experimental facilities, and is home to the worlds...

Hengistbury Head - Lookout Station
ROC Worth Matravers

An example of one of 1563 Royal Observer Corps (ROC) underground monitoring posts built throughout Great Britain & Northern Ireland during the cold war. Although...