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Oxwich Point Radar Station

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NPRN310189
Map ReferenceSS58SW
Grid ReferenceSS5087084940
Unitary (Local) AuthoritySwansea
Old CountyGlamorgan
CommunityPenrice
Type Of SiteRADAR STATION
PeriodModern
Description
1. The Chain Home Low radar site at Oxwich Point comprises one main building of flat roofed concrete, with an ancillary building to the east. Steps give access up a slope to a third concrete structure. It was part of the World War 2 Chain Home Low radar network used to detect shipping and low flying aircraft in the Bristol Channel.
T. Driver, RCAHMW, 18 June 2008.
2. Oxwich Bay Coastal Defence/Chain Home Low radar station; location from Building Radar by Colin Dobinson. Designation: M128 Oxwich Bay.
Source: Steve Thompson, UK Pillbox Study Group, ref. e25357.
B.A.Malaws, RCAHMW, 20 April 2016.