| Summary : A Second World War chain home radar stand-by generator power house, visible as a structure, was mapped from aerial photographs taken in 1946 and 1947. Located on Minehead's North Hill, SW of Greenaleigh Farm and immediately W of the path leading from Hill Road N towards the farm, the flat roofed concrete structure is part of a Coastal Defence/Chain Home Low (CD/CHL) radar station and likely to have housed a standby generator for the operations block located a standby generator for the operations block located to the N, which would have been used if the main power generator set, located in a building to the NE, failed. The building is rectangular and appears to be a Nissen type hut. although the concrete base remains extant, the building was no longer visible in 1950. |
More information : A concrete pad, the base of the stand-by set block for the WWII radar station on North Hill, lies near Moor Wood at SS 95397 47680. It was recorded as part of the RCHME survey of the ENPA holding on North Hill. Full details in survey report (1).
SS 9539 4767 A Second World War chain home radar stand-by generator power house, visible as a structure, was mapped from aerial photographs taken in 1946 and 1947. Located on Minehead¿s North Hill, 343 metres SW of Greenaleigh Farm and immediately W of the path leading from Hill Road N towards the farm, the flat roofed concrete structure is part of a Coastal Defence/Chain Home Low (CD/CHL) radar station and likely to have housed a standby generator for the operations block located a standby generator for the operations block located 37 metres to the N, which would have been used if the main power generator set, located in a building 20 metres to the NE, failed. The building is rectangular, about 11 metres long N-S and 5 metres wide E-W and appears to be a Nissen type hut. Although the concrete base remains extant, the building was no longer visible in 1950. (3-6) |