The forgotten WW2 Radar Station | Ravenscar Chain Home Low | Urban Exploration
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This video was filmed at Ravenscar in North Yorkshire.
Ravenscar Chain Home Low Radar Station lies in a field on a cliff top just to the south of the village of Ravenscar near Scarborough, an area known as Bent Rigg.
Constructed as part of a coastal defence radar system in 1941, the station continued in use until after the Second World War. Today you can still see the intact remains of four brick buildings: a transmitter/receiver block, fuel store, engine house and a communications hut with a distinctive barrel shaped corrugated roof. In the corner of the same field, the footings of a complex of about a dozen barrack blocks and other domestic buildings are visible, though it takes a little more imagination to picture them in their heyday.
Following the end of the war, the buildings were sadly neglected for many years. It seems likely that most of the domestic/barracks structures were demolished when the station was decommissioned although one or two were kept, possibly for agricultural use. In this exposed and windswept spot livestock certainly appreciate any form of shelter, as proved by the several inches of muck found covering the floors of the remaining structures.
The run-down buildings eventually became a bit of an eyesore and proposals for their demolition were seriously considered. Thankfully, their value has been better recognised in more recent times. They were surveyed by a volunteer and a National Trust Consultant Archaeologist in 2000; both the radar buildings and the remains of the barrack complex were given Scheduled Monument status by English Heritage in 2002.
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Yes another brilliant video right up my street and greetings from Cornwall
@ALWResearchTeam
3 жыл бұрын
Hey Kernow. I feel lucky that this was tilll here for us to explore. Thanks for watching and commenting:)
👍 Good that what’s left has been preserved as a historic site. It’s a shame there aren’t more preserved sites like this. And what a fantastic location! And it’s home to the Pigeon Brigade 🐦 Another good one chaps 👌
@ALWResearchTeam
3 жыл бұрын
Hello Buzzard. Thanks for watching and commenting. It sure is nice that the buildings now have a purpose again and that they’re providing shelter to birds.
That's cool Andy. Loving the confidence too mate 👍always talkative and chatty. Great one bro. Cool explore too
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3 жыл бұрын
Hey Lewis, thanks Bro. See you next year :)
A very, very interesting and educational vid. Thanks👍🏻
@ALWResearchTeam
3 жыл бұрын
Hello Simon, thank You :) my pleasure
What a view, looks so nice😍 great video ALW 👍
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3 жыл бұрын
Hello Wee Man. Thank You very much indeed.
Fantastic! Nice to see this one being looked after by the National Trust, unfortunately the one we went to last year on the Suffolk coast is slowly crumbling down the cliff 😔 Great explore, loved all the information, surprised I've not found your channel before now! 👍😊
@ALWResearchTeam
3 жыл бұрын
Hello there. It’s always nice to meet other explorers. I hope you’re both safe and well in your part of the world. Yes this chain home low was in remarkably good condition.
Amazing places this mate
@ALWResearchTeam
3 жыл бұрын
Hey Brady thanks buddy
Very intesting, well documented, keep em coming.
@ALWResearchTeam
3 жыл бұрын
Hello Jon Dwyer, thank you very much indeed. More videos coming including more from the nearby railway soon.
@jondwyer3037
3 жыл бұрын
@@ALWResearchTeam No thank you.
@ALWResearchTeam
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Jon, is it military content you prefer?
@jondwyer3037
3 жыл бұрын
@@ALWResearchTeamYes .
Cool video mate
@ALWResearchTeam
3 жыл бұрын
Thank You Brady 😀😀
AH yes now i remember this is the one Spud took us to, top bloke
@ALWResearchTeam
3 жыл бұрын
Sure is, top man Spud
Very interesting, it's a shame English Heritage couldn't have jumped in sooner and saved the station in its entirety but at least some history survives. I hope you can keeping bringing us these gems. Regards. Richard.
@ALWResearchTeam
3 жыл бұрын
Hello Richard. Yes I believe that the 50’-90-‘s the station was simply abandoned and slowly getting vandalised. It’s nice that it’s being looked after now. Plenty more content coming every Tuesday & Thursday at 8pm Uk time. 😎😎
You were about half a mile from another concrete lookout station half buried into the cliff down on Robin Hood bay side cliff path ( teetering half in/out of the cliff edge last time I was there ) not sure if part of this site but I imagine so, shame it probably won’t/can’t be saved.. was really well preserved inside with wooden ledges etc
@ALWResearchTeam
3 жыл бұрын
Hello there, Thank you for the information, I really like it at Ravenscar. Thank you for watching and commenting.
Interesting one, Alan. I assume there would have been a few anti-aircraft gun posts around there to help keep it protected. There was one of these chain home radar stations down here on the south coast, (on the Isle of Wight) but it got bombed & had to be temporarily rebuilt to get it up & running again.
@ALWResearchTeam
3 жыл бұрын
Hello Richy, thanks for watching and commenting. They must have been quite a high profile target. Yes you’re right, there must have been a lot of AA positions to protect the site.
Very nice 👍
@ALWResearchTeam
3 жыл бұрын
Thank You Rodpiker Drones :)
Eek I’m excited 🙂🙃😀
Cracking stuff lads' I wonder what those indentations were actually for then?
@ALWResearchTeam
3 жыл бұрын
I found a photograph where the indents had wooden supports for bearing/tracking compass, Aldis lamp and binoculars. Thanks for watching and commenting Clarky
@TheUrbanCollectiveWeFilmIt
3 жыл бұрын
@@ALWResearchTeam Oh brilliant cheers m8. Ive actually found something similar to this so I might bob down there at some point this year.
@ALWResearchTeam
3 жыл бұрын
Yes do it. Looking forward to seeing the video 😎😎