Wartime Radio D/F Station at Sheigra/Blairmore
On a hilltop above the townships of Sheigra and Blairmore can be found the remains of a wartime RAF radio direction finding station.
Little information can be found about these stations but it seems likely that this one was used to help locate German U-boats operating in the Atlantic.
The main building above Sheigra with a clear view out to sea.
The station can be found at the end of this narrow concrete path
that leads directly up the hillside from the path to Sandwood Bay.
As you crest the hillside the station building becomes visible on the hilltop.
As you crest the hillside the station building becomes visible on the hilltop.
This is the base of one of the four radio masts that were arranged around the station.
And this is one of the anchors for the guy ropes or cables that held the masts steady.
There were four masts and each had four cables supporting it. All of the anchors are still present.
Another mast base, with a cable anchor in the background.
The building is surrounded by these strange concrete bollards.
It's thought these may have once supported a wire-mesh ground plane.
A closer view of the main building.
A closer view of one of the concrete supports.
Not surprisingly, the brick structure is in pretty poor condition, with no wooden fixtures remaining.
Looking in through the window - clearly a lot of sheep have sheltered here.
A view of the building from a different direction, with another cable trench.
Cables ran between each mast and the main building in shallow trenches - this one is flooded.
The view from the station showing the mountains on the horizo
