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These giant 60ft radar dishes once stood as a key defence against Nazi invasion of Britain. RAF Stenigot, one of Britain’s last World War II radar posts, was part of the early warning system Chain Home radar network, primed to alert the country of a German onslaught.

But is has now been allowed to fall into disrepair in a farmer’s field in rural Lincolnshire.

These early warning systems used radar waves to detect enemy German planes within 30 miles – allowing British fighters to be scrambled in time to intercept them. In the case of RAF Stenigot the system was used to defend the highly populated and industrially important cities of Sheffield and Nottingham from Nazi attack.

source : www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2448498/RAF-Stenigot-radar-posts-left-rust.html

About RAF Stenigot

RAF Stenigot was a Royal Air Force radar station located in Lincolnshire, England, operational from World War II through the Cold War. Initially part of the Chain Home radar network, it played a crucial role in detecting and tracking enemy aircraft during the war. Post-war, RAF Stenigot was upgraded to support the ACE High system, a NATO communications network. The site featured large radar dishes and towers that became iconic landmarks. Although decommissioned in the late 1980s, some of the structures remain, including a few radar dishes, which are now a site of historical interest and urban exploration.