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Trerew Radar Base
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Being a west coast radar station there were two receiver and transmitter blocks with duplicate equipment. West Coast blocks were either completely covered with earth (Type C) or had unprotected roofs (Type B). The transmitter aerials were on 325' guyed steel masts The site is now occupied by Trerew Farm and is spilt by the A3075. The two C Type transmitter and receiver blocks still exist, one transmitter block to the east of the A3075 and the other three blocks and various domestic buildings on the opposite side of the road. Various mast bases and balance weight bases are also visible in the surrounding fields. The blocks have ventilation 'chimneys' protruding through the earth cover. The transmitter block to the east of the A3075 is the best preserved retaining floor standing equipment cabinets in poor condition, ventilation trunking and a large extractor above the transmitter position. The duplicate block on the opposite side of the road has another equipment cabinet and switchgear. Even the two toilet cubicles remain intact and in good condition. No physical evidence of the masts remains other than footings and scraps of metal fabrications. The bunkers are overgrown and have suffered over the years from the ravages of being situated in arable farmland. Some buildings are used for agricultural purposes. The earth covering on some of the bunkers has also suffered from weathering and erosion, revealing the internal architecture and construction methodology. The administration block occupies the northern edge of the site and is a myriad of small rooms, corridors, annexes and small buildings, This part of the site appears to have been used as pens/stockades for farm animals and the general state of the rooms appers to be evidence of this. There are many traces within the buildings which reveal the spatial utility of certain areas, however, one can never be absolutely correct in ones assumptions - especially when many of the activities conducted at Trerew may be lost to history due to the effect of the Official Secrets Act, an act which undoubtedly would have silenced many of those who worked at the site and who may now be deceased. This site is very similar to the WW2 radar base at Goonhilly. The bunkers are roughly the same except the ceilings on some appear to be higher.
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Type: Buildings
Status: Abandoned
Accessibility: Easy
Recommendation: worth the trip
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Address
Newquay, Cornwall
England
Owner: Trerew Farm
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rust
unsafe flooring
Structural instability
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This is a very well preserved relic of a World War 2 Radar station, most of the bunkers are still standing and accessible plus numerous other structures are present within the site. The architectural forms and the layout of the space itself is highly evocative of military science during the 1940s era. The buildings that remain display many curious features which stubbornly guard their now anachronistic functions. The agricultural context which now defines the space on which the site rests serves to enhance not only the derelict state of the remaining buildings, but also their redundancy and irrelevance in a peacetime setting.
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fences
barbed wire
locked gates
wooden boarding
Farmer who may not want the premium on his public liability insurance to increase
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flashlight
long pants / sleeves
boots
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Trerew Radar Station was built during WW2 as part of the Chain Home (CH) network with an AMES Type 1 Radar. It was alternatively known as Caranton and Caranton Trerew and came under 78 wing. After 1945 the AMES 7000 Radar was taken out of service and the AMES 1 reactivated as part of the ROTOR network continuing its war time role as a Chain Home station.
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This site is listed on Subterranea Britannica's website.
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Some structures appear to be in advanced states of decay and may have to be made safe in the future.
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This location's validation is current. It was last validated by
Emperor Wang on 12/7/2007 3:50 AM.
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on Dec 7 07 at 3:50, Emperor Wang validated this location
on Nov 28 07 at 18:51, GC Intercept updated gallery picture Mesh partition
on Nov 28 07 at 17:13, GC Intercept updated gallery picture Transmitter Bunker in Cauliflower Field
on Nov 28 07 at 17:10, GC Intercept updated gallery picture Internal view
on Nov 28 07 at 17:07, GC Intercept updated gallery picture Vent Stack
on Nov 28 07 at 17:06, GC Intercept updated gallery picture Entrance
on Nov 28 07 at 17:05, GC Intercept updated gallery picture Wirework partition
on Nov 28 07 at 17:04, GC Intercept updated gallery picture Wirework partition
on Nov 28 07 at 17:04, GC Intercept updated gallery picture Entrance
on Nov 28 07 at 17:02, GC Intercept updated gallery picture Chain Home Antennae
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