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Leirinbeg
Sango Radar Station
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This
area of lerinbeg Headland
Lerinbeag,
which means ;
the small half of a point
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became the home of what was in 1940 a highly secret and
technologically advanced military establishment. In the first year
of the Second World War the inhabitants of the area had no access
to certain localities for over 15 years. It was called RAF Sango
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The story of the “radio war” the
success of which proved vital to the RAF Mastery in The Battle of
Britain and subsequent operations involving fighter bomber
commands is not widely known. This radar station was an
installation part of a chain of new radar sessions around the
coast of
Great Britain
referred to as Air ministry experimental stations. Along
with defence of the country in detecting any incoming air raids
they were to guide the British air crews’ home. Although now
derelict with only ruins after demolition in 1957 older local
inhabitants recall the influx of military and the influences and
changes that took place in what was then a very remote and
difficult to access community. |
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Some recent pictures of the site as it is today
with all the masts removed and the buildings becoming ruins
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